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Michael Francis DONAHOO

Regimental number3091
Place of birthNorth Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolSt Mary's School, West Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationGrocer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 10.75"
Weight164 lbs
Next of kinFather, D Donahoo, 29 Erskine Street, North Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the 64th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date29 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialAubers 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 connectionsBrother: 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
SourcesNAA: B2455, DONAHOO Michael Francis
Red Cross file 930905

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