O'DONAHOO, Arthur Herbert Graham
| Service Number: | 1577 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 December 1914, Enlisted at Bendigo |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Kangaroo Flat State School, Bendigo, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 11, Row A, Grave 63 Headstone inscriptions reads: Duty nobly done, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Kangaroo Flat Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1577, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bendigo | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1577, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1577, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 8 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1577, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, 2nd Krithia | |
| 10 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1577, 6th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Quinn's Post |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Killed in action on 10 August 1915 while serving in the trenches at Quinn's Post, having previously survived the 2nd Brigade's ill fated attack on Krithia on 8 May 1915.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Herbert Graham O'Donahoo and Agnes Ochterlony O'Donahoo of Breen Street, Bendigo, Vic; brother of Allen Kemp O'Donahoo who returned to Australia on 12 March 1918 having served with the 7th Battalion and Robert Raymond O'Donahoo who returned to Australia on 8 May 1918 having served with the 14th Battalion
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
21 January 1921 - his brother wrote to Bse Records on behalf of his mother asking if any of Arthur's personal effects had been returned or were they in the Army store
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