Richard O'DONOHUE

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Service Number:	1081
Enlisted:	13 February 1915, Enlisted at Grafton, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1)
Born:	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia , 1888
Home Town:	Grafton, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	New South Wales, Australia, 1980, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Clarence Lawn Cemetery (Grafton)
Memorials:

13 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1081, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), Enlisted at Grafton, NSW
20 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1081, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1081, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), HMAT Shropshire, Brisbane
25 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 1081, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), Wound to the right shoulder.
3 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1081, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), Discharged at the 2nf Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Richard O'Donohue and Mary O'Donohue of Grafton, NSW.

Next of kin given as his brother James O'Donohue South Gate, Clarence River, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 5 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1925c Richard married Johanna Winifred Smith in Grafton, NSW