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Roger Bede DONNELLAN

Regimental number4181
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMarble worker
Address7 Wallace Street, West Maitland, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs M B Donnellan, 7 Wallace Street, West Maitland, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed as a Drummer in the Scottish Rifles.
Enlistment date14 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll54th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19-20 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFromelles, France
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialRation Farm Military Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row C, Grae No. 2), La Chapelle d'Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
158
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frank K and Ellen DONNELLAN, husbane of M.B. DONNELLAN, 7 Wallace Street, West Maitland, New South Wales. Native of Sydney, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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