William Ernest O'DONNELL

Regimental number2/1456
AddressGrange Road, Mount Eden, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, William O'Donnell, Grange Road, Mount Eden, Auckland
Rank on embarkationGunner
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force. 4th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 17 April 1915
New Zealand Field Artillery, 4th Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board two ships ('Willochra' and 'Knight Templar'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankGunner
Final unit3rd Battery, 1st Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 8 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No 198), Bailleul, Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Katherine O'Donnell, Grange Road, Auckland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 12/203 Corporal John O'DONNELL, 3rd (Auckland) Company, Auckland Infantry Bn, killed in action 25 April 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Fourth

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