Francis Michael O'DONNELL MID

O'DONNELL, Francis Michael

    Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
    Enlisted: 21 May 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    Last Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
    Last Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia , 8 September 1879
    Home Town: Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Manager and Area Officer
    Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 May 1935, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Balmoral Cemetery, Qld
    Memorials: East Brisbane War Memorial, Rosewood Shire Council Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    21 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Major, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    24 May 1915: Involvement Major, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    24 May 1915: Embarked Major, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane
    11 Jul 1919: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Awarded, and promulgated in London Gazette 31448 on 11 July 1919; Commonwealth Gazette 124 on 30 October 1919.
    9 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Daniel O'Donnell and Mary O'Donnell nee Concannon of Brisbane, QLD

    Husband on Ellen Josephine O'Donnell nee Scanlon of 'Greystanes', corner of Scanlan Street and Lytton Road, East Brisbane, QLD. Francis and Ellen married during 1908c.

    Commenced return to Australia on 23 June 1919 aboard HT Orita disembarking on 9 August 1919 at Sydney for onward travel by rail to Brisbane

    Medals: Mentioned in Despatches, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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