John O'DONNELL

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Service Number:	4559
Enlisted:	25 August 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Rochdale, England, 1894
Home Town:	Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Groom
Memorials:

25 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4559, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
15 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4559, 2nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney
15 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4559, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
3 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 2nd Battalion
8 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4559, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Second occasion. Wound to the left foot. Invalided to England on 15 August 1918.
28 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4559, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Wound to the head. Transferred to England on 4 April 1918 aboard HS Princess Elizabeth
26 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4559, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as C/- R H Rickard of Auburn Street, Granville, NSW.

Next of kin given as his brother Patrick O'Donnell of Spring Garden Lane, Durham, Sunderland, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 31 December 1918 aboard HT Nestor as wounded disembarking on 14 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal