John Dennis O'DONNELL

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Service Numbers:	188, 118
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Collingwood, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carrier
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 10 August 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 188, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 118, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 118, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 118, 6th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the buttock.
10 Aug 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 118, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 118 awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-10

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Son of John O'Donnell and Elizabeth O'Donnell nee O'Leary of Collingwood, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his brother Patrick O'Donnell of Croxton, Victoria

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to his brother Patrick O'Donnell