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John 'Kenny' O'Donnell (b. 1 May 1893, d. 8 September 1961)

John 'Kenny' O'Donnell (son of John O'Donnell and Ellen Kenny) was born 1 May 1893 in St Lukes, Rochdale, Yorkshire, England, and died 8 September 1961 in Auburn District Hospital. He married Ilma Boynton Linklater on 7 April 1923 in 'Herbertville', 3 Lindsay street Enfield, daughter of John Linklater and Eleanor Henrietta Willis.

Notes for John 'Kenny' O'Donnell:
Served in WWI, in the 45th Battalion, N4559 (1st) AIF

Vaccinations: 11 May 1916 and 9 May 1916 for T.A.B.(Mixed Typhoid; Paratyphoid A; Paratyphoid B)

Paybook No.: 45227

Served in WWII from 1 July, 1942 to 30 September, 1945
Service No.: 372481
Posting at discharge: Part-time Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps
Locality on enlistment: Lidcombe, NSW
Place of enlistment: Merrylands, NSW
Rank: Private
Prisoner of War: No

Eyes: blue
Hair: brown

Date of enlistment for WW1: 8 September 1915 at Warwick Farm NSW

Date of embarkation from Australia: 15 January 1916

Trade: Groom

Religion: Methodist

Regimental No: 4559

45th Battalion

Reason for discharge:medically unfit

Returned to Australia: 14 February 1919

Length of residence in Australia: 50 years

buried/cremated: 11 September, 1961, Rookwood Crematorium

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Jumped Ship in Sydney Harbour as he was an illegal immigrant and was running away from the police.

He supposedly spent his first night in Sydney under Lennox Bridge in Parramatta, Sydney

More About John 'Kenny' O'Donnell and Ilma Boynton Linklater:
Marriage: 7 April 1923, 'Herbertville', 3 Lindsay street Enfield.

Children of John 'Kenny' O'Donnell and Ilma Boynton Linklater are:

+Doris Ellen O'Donnell, b. 4 August 1923, York Street Berala, NSW Australia, d. 5 January 1999, Nursing Home, Cairns Queensland.
Rita O'Donnell, b. 19 December 1924, York Street Berala, NSW Australia, d. 1925, York Street Berala, NSW Australia.
+Robert John O'Donnell.
+Gwen O'Donnell.