Harold Gordon O'DONNELL

O'DONNELL, Harold Gordon

Service Number: 288
Enlisted: 27 March 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Machine Gun Company
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 15 October 1894
Home Town: Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Kogarah Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Farm hand
Died: Died of wounds, United Kingdom, 21 June 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

27 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company
1 May 1916: Involvement Private, 288, 5th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 May 1916: Embarked Private, 288, 5th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Benalla, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Wounded in action 6 May 1917, near Bullecourt, gunshot wounds to the neck and face. Evacuated to England but died in the Northampton War Hospital 6 weeeks later, death due to cavernous sinus thrombosis.

Brothers: 3586 Pte Alexander Thomas O'DONNELL, 54th Battalion AIF,  killed in action, 20 July 1916; Captain John Layman O'DONNELL, 18th Battalion AIF, returned to Australia, 13 March 1918.