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O'DELL, Samuel
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 809 |
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| 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 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 809, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
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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