DONOVAN, Thomas
| Service Number: | 3063 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Birkdale, Queensland, Australia, July 1892 |
| Home Town: | Wynnum, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 4 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3063, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3063, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3063, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3063, 47th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3063 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
A farmer from Townsville, Qld, prior to enlistment, Thomas Donovan embarked from Australia with the 25th Battalion on 30 December 1915. He later transferred to the 47th Battalion and was killed in action by shellfire at Pozieres, France, on 4 August 1916, aged 24. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France. A younger brother 25434 Gunner Robert Joseph Donovan, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, died of illness in France on 23 October 1918. Another brother, 3304 Pte John Donovan, briefly served overseas with the 25th Battalion before being returned to Australia as he was underage. John Donovan died in Queensland during 1921, at 23 years of age.
They were the sons of John and Annie Donovan of Wynnum, Queensland.
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