| Date of enlistment | 10th July 1915 |
| Rank at enlistment | Private |
| Company | C Company |
| Significant events while serving with the AIF | Wounded in Action – Pozieres |
Summary of Private McDonagh’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455
| Date | Location | Event |
| 6th June 1917 | Australia | Discharged – medically unfit |
| 31st December 1916 | Australia | Disembarked Wiltshire |
| 12th November 1916 | England | Discharged from 1st Auxiliary Hospital and embarked on HT Wiltshire from Devonport |
| 17th October 1916 | England | Transferred to 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield |
| 19th August 1916 | England | Admitted 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth |
| 18th August 1916 | France | Embarked at Boulogne on HS St. Andrew |
| 6th August 1916 | France | Admitted No.8 General Hospital |
| 5th August 1916 | France | Wounded in Action – gunshot wound left elbow and left leg compound fracture |
| 26th March 1916 | France | Disembarked Marseille |
| 19th March 1916 | Egypt | Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle |
| 8th January 1916 | Egypt | Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir |
| 25th October 1915 | Egypt | Disembarked Alexandria |
| 29th September 1915 | Australia | Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley |
| 3rd August 1915 | Australia | Assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion |
| 19th July 1915 | Australia | Marched into Broadmeadows depot |

FIRST WORLD WAR TIMELINE