Regimental number | 3091 |
Place of birth | North Melbourne, Victoria |
School | St Mary's School, West Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Grocer |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 10.75" |
Weight | 164 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, D Donahoo, 29 Erskine Street, North Melbourne, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in the 64th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/38/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Fleurbaix, France |
Age at death | 22 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Aubers Ridge British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 3), Aubers, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 167 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Daniel and Elizabeth DONAHOO, 29 Erskine Street, North Melbourne, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother: 4097 Pte Daniel DONAHOO, 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, returned to Australia, 9 December 1918; Cousin: [1022] Lt Donald WORN MM, 25th Bn, returned to Australia, 28 February 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Transferred to 58th Bn, 15 March 1916. Transferred to 59th Bn, Ferry Post, 19 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'. Statement, Red Cross File No 930905, 718 Pte J. WATSON, D Company, 59th Bn (patient, No 26 General Hospital, Etaples), 20 December 1916: 'He was killed at Fleurbaix on July 19. I was beside him when he was shot through the head and killed outright. I stayed with him for some time to see if I could do any good, but he was quite dead. His body had not been brought in when we came out two days later.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, DONAHOO Michael Francis
Red Cross file 930905 |