Patrick O'DONOHUE MM

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O'DONOHUE, Patrick

Service Number:	2866
Enlisted:	10 September 1916, Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Harow, Victoria, Australia, 1881
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Burracoppin, Western Australia, 25 January 1957, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Roman Catholic area, Section SC, Grave 0514
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

10 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2866, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA
29 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2866, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2866, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle
10 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2866, 44th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the face. Embarked for England on 10 October 1917 aboard HS Pieter de Connick
23 Feb 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, London Gazette on 28 January 1918, page 1404, position 9. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 June 1918, page 1391, position 6
24 Feb 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2866, 44th Infantry Battalion, Second Occasion. Wound to the face. Embarked for England on 1 March 1918 aboard HS St. Denis
8 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2866, 44th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Wound to the chest
17 Feb 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2866, 44th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James O'Donohue and Elizabeth O'Donohue nee Aspinal of Boundary Street, Kalgoorlie, WA formerly of Harrow, Victoria.

Brother of James O'Donohue who returned to Australia on 10 June 1920 having served with the 28th Battalion and Maurice O'Donohue who was killed in action on 25 April 1915 while serving with the 11th Light Horse Regiment and is buried in Baby 700, ANZAC, Row D, Grave 23

Commenced return to Australia on 3 September 1919 aboard HT Baramah disembarking on 17 October 1919

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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