Andrew O'DONNELL

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Service Number:	2417
Enlisted:	9 November 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Goorac, Victoria, Australia, 14 March 1885
Home Town:	Birchip, Buloke, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Victoria, Australia, 28 December 1945, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria
Memorials:

9 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2417, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 2417, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 2417, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2417, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
7 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2417, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Full name Andrew Patrick O'Donnell but served as Andrew O'Donnell.

Son of Andrew O'Donnell and Catherine Bridget O'Donnell nee Connelly of Birchip, Victoria.

Husband of Emily Cecelia O'Donnell nee Maguire of Ramsden Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria. Andrew and Emily married during 1915c

Commenced return to Australia on 8 May 1919 aboard HT Devanha

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal