DONOHUE, George Harold
Service Number: | 4028 |
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Enlisted: | 31 July 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 39th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Winchelsea, Victoria, Australia, 16 March 1894 |
Home Town: | Pettavel, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Railway shunter |
Died: | East Geelong, Vic., 3 August 1968, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria EAS-LAWN-C-808-0358 |
Memorials: | Torquay Point Danger War Memorial, Winchelsea WWI Memorial |
World War 1 Service
31 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4028, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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21 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4028, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne | |
21 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4028, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
10 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 39th Infantry Battalion | |
30 Nov 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Near Warneton - for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty | |
10 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4028, 39th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Gassed | |
7 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4028, 39th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Tim Fitzgerald
Awarded the Military Medal (s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com);
"Near Warneton, during raid on enemy, on the night 30th November/1st December 1917, this man displayed conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He did very fine work in company with Pte. Richards in searching and bombing enemy dugouts during raid, and was instrumental in securing a live prisoner..."