Peter MCDONNELL

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Service Numbers:	2740, 2740B
Enlisted:	2 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rosewater, South Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 August 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rosewater Marist Brothers Port Adelaide Roll of Honour, Rosewater War Memorial, Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1, Somerton Park Sacred Heart College Men of "The Marist Brothers Old Scholars Association" Honor Roll WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

2 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2740, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2740, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
19 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2740B, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2740B awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-19
Date unknown:	Involvement 2740, 10th Infantry Battalion

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