O'DONNELL, John Patrick
| Service Number: | 416697 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Operational Training Units (RAF) |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia , 8 September 1920 |
| Home Town: | Parkside, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers College and Rostrevor College, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Customs Department - Pubic Service Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Accident, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, 28 December 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Rostrevor College WW2 Memorial Plaques, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 416697, No. 4 Initial Training School Victor Harbor, Adelaide, SA, Australia | |
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| 16 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 416697 | |
| 28 Dec 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 416697, Operational Training Units (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Last Unit (Specifically): 20 Operational Training (RAF). Flying Accident North Sea | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Son of Daniel Thomas & May O'DONNELL, of Parkside, South Australia.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Flight-Sgt. J. P. O'Donnell.
The sad news has been conveyed to Mr. and Mrs. D. T. O'Donnell, of 29 Wallis Street, Parkside, that their son, Flight-Sergeant John Patrick O'Donnell, R.A.A.F., was lost in an aircraft accident off the coast of Scotland on December 28 last and is believed to have lost his life. The late Sgt. O'Donnell was born on September 2, 1920. He was educated at the Christian Brothers at Adelaide and Rostrevor Colleges. At the time of his enlistment he was employed in the Customs Department. He was keenly in terested in sports, and was captain of the Old Collegians' football team.
He enlisted in 1940, and was later sent to England as a navigator.
Three brothers are in the forces, the eldest having served with the R. A.A.F. in Singapore and Malaya. There is one sister, Molly. Deep sympathy is tendered to his family. R.I.P.
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