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O'DONNELL, William Augustine
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2414 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 May 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | West Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | Toorak, Victoria, Australia, 19 November 1975, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic, Compartment U, Grave 12367. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance. Interred on 21 November 1975 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2414, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2414, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2414, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 23 Jan 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Field Company Engineers | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2414, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Multiple | |
| 13 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Field Company Engineers, From 7th Battalion | |
| 22 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2414, Second occasion. Wound to the right shoulder. Embarked for England on 30 September 1917 aboard HS Newhaven | |
| 3 Oct 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads: During the operations along the Menin Road on 20th and 22nd September 1917 he was employed as a company runner from Strong Point at Lone House to Hooge Crater. He successfully accomplished six journeys aggregating 24 miles under extremely dangerous conditions of heavy barrage fire being seriously wounded whilst performing his seventh trip. He displayed an admirable devotion to duty and utter disregard of personal risk throughout. Commonwealth Gazette, No. 31, on 7 March 1918 | |
| 15 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2414, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Henry O'Donnell and Caroline O'Donnell nee Evans of Roden Street, West Melbourne, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 16 December 1917 aboard HS Kanowna disembarking on 13 February 1918
Medals: Military Medal, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c William married Stella Ellen Hogan in Victoria.