DONOGHUE, Cornelius Sylvester
| Service Number: | 5565 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia , 2 June 1881 |
| Home Town: | Tumut, Tumut Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 4 May 1917, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 8. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hillston Memorial Park Gates, Tumut Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5565, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5565, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5565, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Cornelius Donoghue was the son of Michael and Mary Donoghue of Minjary, near Tumut, New South Wales. His mother died in 1915 aged 72 years after she was accidently burnt and his father, who was an old pioneer of the Tumut-Adelong district, died of a stroke during January 1917, at 80 years of age. The father is mentioned on page 70 of Donoghue’s service file. Cornelius married Eileen Delaney in Hillston, New South Wales during 1913.
Cornelius’ younger brother, 2397 Pte. Thomas Donoghue 55th Battalion AIF, died of sickness, gastro, on 7 May 1917, only three days after Cornelius died of wounds inflicted at Bullecourt.
Cornelius joined the 19th Battalion in France on 18 December 1916. He suffered severe shrapnel wounds during the second battle of Bullecourt on 3 May 1917 and died in the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station the next day.
According to his service file, Cornelius’ wife, Eileen, and a son, Leslie Donoghue, were both awarded a pension.