Markkus O'DONNELL

Markkus O'DONNELL Update Details

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Service Number:	1468
Enlisted:	15 September 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Woollen Millhand
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 3 November 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria CE-108-0019
Memorials:	Warrnambool Woollen Mill Honor Roll

15 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 1468, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Gunner, 1468, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Gunner, 1468, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
31 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1468, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Gassed. Embarked for England on 15 August 1917 aboard HS St. George
2 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 1468, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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Variations of christian names are Markus and Markesn but name is registered as Marcus on the BDM

Son of William O'Donnell and Anne O'Donnell nee Curtain of Bostock Street, Warrnambool, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 31 October 1917 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 30 December 1917

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 192c Marcus married Dorothy (Doris) May Edwards in Victoria