Richard Patrick O'DONNELL

Badge Number: 68256, Sub Branch: Parkside, SA
68256

O'DONNELL, Richard Patrick

    Service Number: 2346
    Enlisted: 29 March 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 12th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 11 March 1891
    Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 12 May 1957, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section)
    Section Kendrew Oval, Row 17A, Site 16
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2346, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
    10 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 2346, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Persia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    10 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 2346, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Persia, Melbourne
    28 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion
    19 Oct 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, 12th Infantry Battalion
    12 Dec 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2346, 12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to nephritis

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Patrick O'Donnell and Johanna Mary O'Donnell nee Doyle of C/- J, Thede of Bowen Street, Kensington, SA.

    Commenced return to Australia on 27 August 1917 aboard NZHT Pakeha disembarking on 25 October 1917.

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

    On 9 November 1918 Richard married Edith Maude Thede in St Ignatius Church, Norwood, SA

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