O'DONNELL, Samuel John James
| Service Number: | 2224 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 July 1916, Enlisted at Horsham, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Public Hospital, Nhill, Victoria, Australia, February 1924, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Nhill Cemetery, Victoria Catholic, Row 19, Grave 7, Interred on 17 February 1924 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2224, 60th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Horsham, Victoria | |
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| 1 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2224, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2224, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 12 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 60th Battalion | |
| 7 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2224, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to old knee injury |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John O'Donnell and Jane O'Donnell nee Loney of Pynsent Street, Horsham, Victoria.
Brother of Edmond O'Donnell who was killed in action on 19 August 1916 while serving with the 57th Battalion and is buried in the Rue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery. Plot 1, Row G, Grave 23
Commenced return to Australia on 5 November 1917 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 31 December 1917
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Obituary-Trove 19 February 1924 reads:-
The death occurred at the Nhill Public Hospital on Wednesday of Mr.Samuel John James O'Donnell, aged 40 years.
Deceased was a native of Horsham,and before being admitted to the hospital was engaged in farming
pursuits at Rainbow. He served with the A.I.F. in France, where he was gassed and received gunshot wounds, which ultimately caused his death. He
was accorded a military funeral by the members of the R.S.S.I.L.A., when the remains were interred in the Nhill Cemetery on Thursday afternoon.