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MCDONNELL, Thomas
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Number: | 14 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train |
| Born: | Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, 12 February 1887 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Seaman-Royal Naval Reserve |
| Died: | Enteric fever, At sea (SS Canada), 27 August 1915, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" LONE PINE MEMORIAL Panel 12. , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train.
Address-Globe Hotel, Newcastle, New South Wales
Next of kin-Mother, Mrs Katharine McDonnell, New Foundwell Road, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Previous military service-Served for 10 years in the Royal Naval Reserve.
Enlistment date-8 March 1915
Place of enlistment-Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment-Able Bodied Sapper
AWM Embarkation Roll number-MIS34.12.1.RANBT1
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board A39 Port Macquarie on 4 June 1915
Sources
NAA: B2455, McDONNELL Thomas
He is remembered, along with two other Australian casualties on the Great War Memorial in Mary Street, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland.
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