Harry Percival O'DONOVAN

O'DONOVAN, Harry Percival

Service Number: 826
Enlisted: 16 October 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 4th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 1883
Home Town: Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carpenter & Joiner
Died: Queensland, Australia, 12 March 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Columbarium 12, Section 9
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World War 1 Service

16 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 826, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
3 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 826, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Katuna embarkation_ship_number: A13 public_note: ''
3 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 826, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Katuna, Melbourne
4 Mar 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 826, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to neurasthenia

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Bartholomew J. O'Donovan and Susannah Elizabeth O'Donovan nee Hood of Collingswood, Victoria.

Husband of Stella Violet O'Donovan nee Deslandes of Martin Street, Northcote, Victoria. Harry and Stella married during 1910c in Victoria. Father of Harry John O'Donovan and Roma O'Donovan

Commenced return to Australia on 28 December 1917 aboard HT Tofua disembarking on 30 January 1918

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal. Victory Medal