David Hugh O'DONOGHUE

Constable David O'Donoghue joined the Queensland Police at the age of 21 in March 1915. A year later he joined the A.I.F. on 20 April 1916. On his attestation papers, he states that he had previously spent three months in the infantry and three months in the military police before being discharged for medical reasons. Private O'Donoghue was allocated as a signaller to the 9th Battalion. O'Donoghue embarked in Brisbane on HMAT Itonus A50 on 8 August 1916 and arrived in England on 18 October. He reportedly jumped ship in Fremantle to go into town which cost him eight days’ detention. O'Donoghue joined the 9th Battalion at the front on 19 June 1917 while they were re-equipping at Mailly Maillet after the attack at Bullecourt. On 20 June 1918 O'Donoghue was wounded in the chest and leg during fighting west of Merris; he died at the dressing station shortly after being admitted.