Jack DONELY

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Other Name:	Donnelly, Jack
Service Number:	6480
Enlisted:	28 August 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium, Panel 7
Memorials:

28 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6480, 6th Infantry Battalion
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6480, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6480, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
15 Feb 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6480, 6th Infantry Battalion, proceeded to France via Folkestone, England, per S.S.Victoria, and marched into 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6480, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), gun shot wound, right buttock, No.3 Field Ambulance to No.3 Casualty Clearing Station. 8 May, admitted No.2 Canadian General Hospital, Le Tréport. 8 June, discharged to 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot, Havre

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