Joseph William DONNELLY

DONNELLY, Joseph William

Service Number: 546
Enlisted: 22 August 1914, Kensington, NSW
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 1st Divisional Train
Born: Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 12 August 1886
Home Town: Howell, Guyra, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Natural causes, Base Hospital, Orange, New South Wales, 17 February 1945, aged 58 years
Cemetery: Orange General Cemetery, New South Wales
Memorials: Orange Cemetery Memorial
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World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 546, 1st Divisional Train, Kensington, NSW
18 Oct 1914: Involvement Driver, 546, 1st Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914: Embarked Driver, 546, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Afric, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James DONNELLY and Elizabeth Sophie nee SYMAN-GOLDEN

Husband of Sarah Ann DONNELLY, 10 Buckland Street, Newtown, NSW

The death occurred at the Base Hospital on Saturday of Mr. Joseph William Donnelly of Station Street, Newtown, at the age of 56 years. Deceased had come to Orange for a  holiday, and on taking ill was removed to hospital. He was a returned soldier of the Great War, and and is survived by a daughter and two sons in the A.I.F. The returned Soldiers'  Association was represented at the funeral yesterday, which left McGowan's parlors for the Catholic portion of the Orange cemetery.

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