Michael O'DONNELL

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Service Number:	2480
Enlisted:	21 July 1916, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland, 1887
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 8 June 1952, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	South Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland Grave unmarked
Memorials:

21 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2480, 55th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2480, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2480, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
21 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2480, 55th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to malformation of the left hand

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Sailors Home, Hunter Street, Sydney, NSW.

Son of Michael O'Donnell of Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland

Next of kin given as his brother Jack O'Donnell of Charleview Street, Sommerville, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Commenced return to Australia on 27 August 1917 aboard HTNZ Pakeha disembarking on 24 October 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

In 1926c Michael was living in Toowoomba and a member of the Toowoomba RSL