O'DONNELL, John Clifford
| Service Number: | 1572 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 April 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia, 3 September 1974, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone F, Methodist New Section 05W, Grave 1176 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1572, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1572, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1572, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1572, 18th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left hand. Embarked for England on 14 August 1916 aboard HS Dieppe | |
| 13 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Provost Corps , In England | |
| 18 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1572, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John O'Donnell and Rose O'Donnell of Baltoney Railway Avenue, Marrickville, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 6 November 1918 aboard HT Marathon disembarking on 1 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Fathered ex-nuptial child in 1919 with a Miss Iris Gosse of London, England
On 15 December 1952 while living in Tamworth, NSW John wrote to Base Records stating that following the death of his parents he had found it necessary to change his name by deed poll to John Post. He later moved to Port Kembla, NSW in 1935
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John O'Donnell and Rose O'Donnell of Baltoney Railway Avenue, Marrickville, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 6 November 1918 aboard HT Marathon disembarking on 1 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Fathered ex-nuptial child in 1919 with a Miss Iris Gosse of London, England
On 15 December 1952 while living in Tamworth, NSW John wrote to Base Records stating that following the death of his parents he had found it necessary to change his name by deed poll to John Post. He later moved to Port Kembla, NSW in 1935