Thomas O'DONNELL

O'DONNELL, Thomas

    Service Number: 5649
    Enlisted: 23 February 1916, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: Australian Army Medical Corps WW1
    Born: Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 5 May 1897
    Home Town: Normanton, Carpentaria, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Stockman
    Died: General Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 30 July 1960, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Townsville (Belgian Gardens) Cemetery, Qld
    Grave is unmarked. Section F, Sub 10, Row 15, Grave 255. Interred in August 1960
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5649, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
    7 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 5649, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
    7 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 5649, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane
    23 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5649, 26th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the forehead
    4 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5649, 26th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wounds to the left leg and right finger. Embarked for England on 24 October 1917 aboard HS Stad Antwerpan
    30 May 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, From 26th Battalion
    25 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5649, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Andrew Daniel O'Donnell and Elizabeth O'Donnell nee Webster of Simpson Street, Normanton, QLD

    Commenced return to Australia on 11 December 1918 aboard HS Saxon as nursing staff disembarking on 31 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Address at the time of death was Eventide Home, Charters Towers, QLD where he had been residing since the early 1940s.

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