Daniel O'DONNELL

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Service Number:	973
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tipperary, Ireland, 1879
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Prospector
Died:	Victoria, Australia, 20 May 1949, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton
Memorials:

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 973, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Driver, 973, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Driver, 973, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
13 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Machine Gun Company
1 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , In England
24 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, From 1st Machine Gun Battalion
22 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Next od kin given as his brother Bryan O'Donnell of Tipperary, Ireland.

Prior to arriving in Australia Danie l had served with the 19th Hussars for five years.

Commenced return to Australia on 19 April 1919 aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on 6 June 1919

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

Post war Daniel was living in Durban, Natal, South Africa.