2345 Patrick Francis McDONAGH

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

 

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