Albert O'DONNELL

Albert O'DONNELL Update Details

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Service Numbers:	2621, 2621B
Enlisted:	5 October 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brighton, Tasmania Australia, 16 July 1893
Home Town:	Dromedary, Brighton, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Machine Hand
Died:	Rokeby, Tasmania Australia, 22 May 1956, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Roman Catholic, Row F, Number 64. Interred on 27 July 1956
Memorials:

5 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2621, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2621, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2621, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
15 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion, From 40th Battalion
2 Nov 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2621B, 12th Infantry Battalion, Letter B had been added when taken on strength
3 Sep 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2621B, 12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to mental inefficiency

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Son of James O'Donnell and Mary Ann O'Donnell nee Watson of Dromedary, Tasmania.

Commenced return to Australia on 6 June 1918 aboard HT Barambah disembarking on 31 July 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal