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MCDONNELL, Patrick (Patrick Joseph)
Service Number: | 828 |
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Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland, 27 February 1885 |
Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Blackrock College, County Dublin, Ireland |
Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 26, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 828, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 828, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 828, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 29 years
Address at the time of enlistment was 343 Swanson Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Son of Maurice M. and Catherine McDonnell of Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland
Husband of Norah Mary McDonnell of Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland and father of Daniel McDonnell
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal