Roy Leslie O'DONNELL

O'DONNELL, Roy Leslie

Service Number: 4558
Enlisted: 31 August 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 7 December 1898
Home Town: Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carter
Died: Campsie, New South Wales, Australia, 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

31 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4558, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
15 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 4558, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 4558, 2nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney
24 Jan 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 4558, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas O'Donnell and Theresa Catherine O'Donnell of St James Road, Waverley, NSW formerly of Hobart

Commenced return to Australia 6 October 1919 aboard HTNZ Pakeha disembarking on 24 November 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1923c Roy married Ethel M. Gough in Marrickville, NSW