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DONOHUE, Harold Vincent
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX5165 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 November 1939, Geelong, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, 3 April 1909 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Meredith, Victoria, 13 May 1993, aged 84 years |
| Cemetery: |
Meredith Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 13 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Private, VX5165, Geelong, Victoria | |
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| 13 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, VX5165, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Aug 1945: | Discharged Staff Sergeant, VX5165, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Aug 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, VX5165, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Evans
Enlisted with the Citizens "Militia", in Nov 1929, where he remained until the breakout of the second World War. During his time at the Citizens Militia he rose from Private up to the rank of Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS).
He served with the rank of Staff Sergeant in the 2nd/AIF, and following a period as a POW, returned home.
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