William Stewart DONNELL [1157]

  General Notes:

1895 SA Birth DONNELL William Stewart, Isaac Stewart DONNELL Ada Bartlett HOPKINS Morphett Vale 560/376

The AIF Project
William Stewart DONNELL
Regimental number: 62642
Place of birth: Cherry Gardens, South Australia
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Clerk
Address: Croydon, South Australia
Marital status: Single
Age at embarkation: 23
Next of kin: Father, I S Donnell, Torrens Road, Croydon, South Australia
Previous military service: 10th Infantry
Enlistment date: 23 September 1918
Rank on enlistment: Private
Unit name: 6th General Service Reinforcements </showUnit?unitCode=INF.SAR6>
AWM Embarkation Roll number: 23/111/4
Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A36 Boonah on 22 October 1918

UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
Name:William S Donnell
Birth Date: abt 1895
Age: 61
Port of Departure: Sydney, Australia
Arrival Date: 2 May 1956
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Bombay
Ship Name: Strathaird
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Shipping line:Peninsula and Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Official Number: 8211/01
Occupation: Retired
Intended stay in UK: 1 Year
Address in UK: 35 the Mead, Beckenham, Kent, UK
(Included: Dorothy Donnell (M) H.D. & Kathleen Donnell (S) Clerk)

Thompson Memorial Gardens Cemetery: Location: Columbarium 30; Section: Section 5

  Other Records

• WW1: AIF Attestation, 1918, Enlistment South Australia.
(Image courtesy Australian Memorial Museum)

William married Dorothy May ALLEN [11881] [MRIN: 4394], daughter of John A. ALLEN [11882] and Gertrude SCHARF [13142], on 26 Mar 1924 in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, QLD, Australia. (Dorothy May ALLEN [11881] was born on 30 Dec 1905 in Brisbane, Qld, Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

Queensland Figaro (Brisbane, Qld. : 1901 - 1936) Sat 12 Apr 1924
Weddings:
DONNELL-ALLEN.
A very pretty wedding lhat crealed much interest among a large circle of relatives and friends, was that of Miss Dorothy Allen (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Allen, Cintra, Corinda) and Mr. William Stewart Donnell (son of the late Mr. A. B. Donnell and Mrs. Donnell, Croydon. South Australia). The ceremony took place at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on March 26, which was prettily decorated for the occasion with arum lilies, asters, and white roses. Large brass vases of bridal asters and arum lilies decorated the communion table, while the guests' pews were defined by trails of asparagus ferns tied with while bows and streamers. The bride, who entered the church with her father (who subsequently gave her away) wore a very dainty wedding frock of petal pink hand embroidered georgette with which was worn a lovely honiton lace veil arranged with a tiny coronet of orange blossoms,