Samuel O'DELL

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Service Number:	809
Enlisted:	5 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	6th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Bingara, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Bingara, New England, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Died of wounds - head and shoulder, St Andrews Hospital, Malta, 19 August 1915
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Plot A, Row 1X, Grave 4
Memorials:

5 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 809, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
6 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 809, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan MacCorquodale embarkation_ship_number: A6 public_note: ''
6 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 809, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Clan MacCorquodale, Sydney
21 Jul 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 809, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Wounds to the head and shoulder. Invalided to Malta on board HS Sicilia. Information from Malta dated 9 August 1915 said he was dangerously ill
21 Jul 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 809, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Samuel was shot in the head and shoulder by a sniper whist constructing trenches at Pine Ridge near Chapman's Post. His comrade who was about to relieve him stated that he saw him shot but Samuel made light of it and walked to the medical station. He was ultimately transferred to a hospital in Malta where he died from the wound.
19 Aug 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 809, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 809 awm_unit: 6 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-19

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Husband of Mary Frances O'Dell of 'Emu Cottage', Bent Street, Katoomba, NSW. Mary died in March 1918

Son of John E. O'Dell of Cunningham Street, Bingara, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Prior to enlisting he had served a 5 year apprenticeship with W.H. Smith of Bingara, NSW

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