Peter Vincent O'DONOGHUE

Badge Number: 76659, Sub Branch: Broken Hill / Quorn
76659

O'DONOGHUE, Peter Vincent

    Service Number: 6890
    Enlisted: 1 January 1915, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 15th Field Ambulance
    Born: Quorn, South Australia, 29 June 1895
    Home Town: Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Hairdresser
    Died: Magill, South Australia, 30 December 1955, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section)
    Kendrew Oval, Row 10, Grave 70. Interred on the 4 January 1956
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6890, 8th Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
    10 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 6890, 8th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    10 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 6890, 8th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
    11 Nov 1918: Involvement Private, 6890, 15th Field Ambulance
    14 Mar 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Field Ambulance
    2 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, 6890, 15th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Michael O'Donoghue and Margaret O'Donoghe nee Maloney of Quorn, SA.

    Address at the time of enlistment was given as C/- of his aunt Mrs O'Grady of Newton Lane, Railway Town, Broken Hill, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia on 20 April 1919 aboard HT Boonah disembarking on 6 June 1919

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

     

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