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Sylvester O'Donnell

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 548 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 548 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Sylvester AWMM
  • Surname
    O'Donnell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 24/873 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 September 1877 AWMM Kaikoura, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Kaikoura, Marlborough, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    J. O'Donnell (brother), Kaikoura, Marlborough, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 9 October 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 24/873 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Sylverta Nace Pope, married 7 February 1917 at Blenheim AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    3 July 1953 AWMM
    Patea, Taranaki AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Pop died a month before I was born. I am so sorry I never got to know him. I hear from my elderly aunts, his daughters, that he sang many Irish rebel songs, and liked a drop of the drink. He did love his family and horses, the latter apparently seeing him kicked out of WW1 for assaulting a British Officer he caught abusing his horse. Pop was a Drover and loved them well.
    Public - Patricia - Direct descendant - 25 April 2017
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25 April 2017PatriciaBrisbane AustraliaDirect descendant

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