Gladstone O'DONNELL

O'DONNELL, Gladstone

Service Numbers: 951, 931
Enlisted: 20 November 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: First Class Air Mechanic
Last Unit: Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
Born: Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Leeton, Leeton, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Motor Mechanic
Died: Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 25 August 1943, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Section Grave, Mortuary 2, 16, Grave 2898. Interred In the name of John Gladstone O'Donnell
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World War 1 Service

20 Nov 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 951, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
17 Jan 1917: Involvement Private, 931, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Jan 1917: Involvement 931, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Jan 1917: Embarked Private, 931, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, RMS Omrah, Melbourne
17 Jan 1917: Embarked 931, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, RMS Omrah, Melbourne
2 Oct 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, First Class Air Mechanic, 931, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit.

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Eugene Bonner O'Donnell and Catherine Ellen  O'Donnell nee Moloney of Rutherglen, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his sister Ellen Kathleen O'Donnell of  Kurrajong Avenue, Leeton, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 6 May 1919 aboard Kaiser-i-Hind disembarking on 19 June 1919

Medal: British War Medal

Husband of Julia Ann O'Donnell nee Sanderson. Gladstone and Julia married in Randwick, NSW during 1922c