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O'DONNELL, Hugh Armstrong
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3439 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Gladesville, Hunters Hill, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hospital Attendant |
| Died: | Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, 1968, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3439, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3439, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3439, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 13 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, From 1st Battalion | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3439, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left finger. Embarked for England aboard HS St. Denis | |
| 4 Apr 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3439, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Alfred O'Donnell and Annie Lillie J. O'Donnell of Ernshaw Street, Gladesville, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 12 November 1916 aboard HT Wiltshire disembarking on 31 December 1916
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1933c Hugh married Florence M. Bailey in Gosford, NSW