Ernest Clarence O'DONNELL MM

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O'DONNELL, Ernest Clarence

Service Number:	3864
Enlisted:	10 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Rubber Worker
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 6 February 1976, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated with his ashes being scattered in the cemetery
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

10 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3864, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3864, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3864, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
26 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, From 7th Battalion
19 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3864, 59th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the arm
11 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3864, 59th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Shell shock
13 Sep 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, For conspicuous courage and devotion to duty. At Peronne on 2nd September 1918, as a Company Runner, he carried important messages from the front line to Battalion Headquarters under very heavy shell and machine gun fire through a gassed area. He maintained communication with flank units and throughout the whole of the operations displayed tireless zeal and personal bravery under very trying conditions. He set an inspiring example to all. Commonwealth Gazette 115, on 10 October 1919
25 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3864, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Jerimiah O'Donnell and Alice Mary O'Donnell nee Watkins of Vale Street, St. Kilda, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 13 April 1919 aboard HT Wyreema disembarking 31 May 1919

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

Post war Ernest was employed by Dunlop Rubber Company, Port Melbourne, Victoria

During 1926c Ernest married Doris Ethel Gilbert in Victoria

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