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Michael DONOVAN

Regimental number2752
Place of birthWarrnambool, Victoria
SchoolCatholic School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationCoach painter
AddressMurray Street, Warrnambool, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs Myrtle Donovan, 49 Highbourne Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date16 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/14/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A10 Karroo on 18 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 27 September 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
172
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Michael and Catherine DONOVAN, husband of Myrtle DONOVAN, Ferguson Street, Camperdown, Victoria, Australia. Native of Warrnambool, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1185 Pte James DONOVAN, 8th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 19 May 1918; 1645 Pte John DONOVAN, 56th Bn, killed in action, 2 December 1916; 993A Pte Robert DONOVAN, 3rd Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 10 December 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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