Hugh Leo O'DONNELL

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Service Number:	5546
Enlisted:	12 May 1915, Enlisted at Melbounne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Field Ambulance
Born:	North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Traveller
Died:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1928, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria Roman Catholic, Compartment V, Grave 125
Memorials:

12 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5546, 2nd Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Melbounne, Victoria
9 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 5546, 2nd Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
9 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 5546, 2nd Field Ambulance, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
10 May 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5546, 2nd Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to cataract in the right eye

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Son of Nicholas Michael O'Donnell and Mary Anne O'Donnell nee Bruen of Victoria Street, North Melbourne, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia 3 March 1916 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 27 April 1916

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

During 1919 Hugh married Ellen Ryan in Victoria