MCDONNELL, Thomas
| Service Number: | 14 |
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| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jun 1915: | Involvement 14, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 Jun 1915: | Embarked 14, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne | |
| 27 Aug 1915: | Involvement 14, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 14 awm_unit: 1 Naval Bridging Train awm_rank: Able Seaman Sapper awm_died_date: 1915-08-27 |
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Add my storyBiography 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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