Personal account by R.R. O'Donahoo of his experience following being WIA on Gallipoli and subsequently losing a leg. He details the after effects of amputation and treatment on return to Melbourne, Australia. Document also details issues faced by O'Donahoo regards obtaining a pension. Part of the O'Donahoo Collection. See Cat No. 10928.3 for details of service for Robert Raymond O'Donahoo (1399). Note: On this document O'Donahoo lists his service number as 1496 not 1399 as appears on his medals.1. 2. 3. Cream coloured quarto sized pages with type in purple ink.o'donahoo collection, robert raymond o'donahoo, letter, ww1

Letters related to R.R. O'Donahoo receiving a war pension. Refer back to 10964.3. 1. Letter from J.O'Donahoo (cousin) to R.R. O'Donahoo informing him that he has contacted the Prime Minister , Mr Hughes, concerning the issue of a war pension. 2. Copy of a letter from the Prime Minister's Secretary acknowledging the receipt of the letter in 1. 3. Copy of letter sent by J. O'Donahoo to P.M.'s Secretary informing him that R.R. O'Donahoo had been granted a pension. Part of the O'Donahoo Collection. 1. Cream coloured quarto sized page with text in purple type. Printed letterhead in black type at top. Handwritten signature in black ink. 2. Cream coloured quarto sized page with text in purple type. Letter marked copy. 3. Cream coloured quarto sized page with text in purple type. Letter marked copy.o'donahoo collection, robert raymond o'donahoo, war pension, letters, prime minister hughes

Robert Raymond O’DONAHOO No 1399 enlisted in the AIF in 2nd reinforcements to 14th Battalion on 19.10.1914 age 21 years 11 months. Embarked for Egypt 2.2.1915, embark for Gallipoli 12.4.1915, WIA 27.8.1915 GSW to left leg severe, admitted 4th Field Ambulance then to Mudros Island, admitted 3rd London General Hospital England 12.9.1915, leg amputated (appears to have been halfway between knee and ankle), embark for Australia 8.5.1916, discharged from the AIF 25.12.1916 medically unfit.Framed, wooden, dark lacquer within which is displayed 2 items mounted on red background: 1. Invitation card with Royal crest from the King & Queen to Pte O'Donahoo, Wednesday 22 March 1916. 2. Red ink, round cardboard disc - Buckingham Palace 1916.In text on back: “Paul O'Donahoo”documents - inviation, buckingham palace, o’donahoo

The invitation was to Robert Raymond O’Donahoo No 1399 14th Bn AIF . Refer Cat No 1500 for his service details.Folding invitation, parchment cover, yellowish with gold seal at the top, inside 4 pages, phot of the King and Queen then details re “Entertainment to Wounded Soldiers and Sailors at Buckingham Palace on March 22nd 1916, all writing in gold.Front cover, “Entertainment to Wounded Sailors and Soldiers given by and in the presence of their Majesty’s the King and Queen. (In the Riding School at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday March 21,22,23, 1916”invitations, buckingham palace.

The photos relate to a collection re Robert O’Donahoo No 1399 AIF WW1. Refer Cat No 1500 for his service history. .1) Robert is the soldier with the arrow pointing down to him. On the rear of the card is a letter to his Mother which appears to be dated Oct 22nd 1915. He tells his mother about a 2nd operation on his leg that was amputated. Sister West is the Nurse behind him and the other is Sister Raymond. .2) The Hospital where Raymond was admitted to in England. .3) On the rear of the Post card in pen, “twin Sisters UREN who were on the Hospital ship Thermistocles on the way home in 1916, they lived in Adelaide. .4) Robert O’Donahoo is the Soldier standing on the left, on the rear of the photo in blue pen, “Caulfield Hospital 1916” The twin Sisters were Catherine Temby UREN, Amelia UREN. Robert had some 15 operations on his leg then a further 3 to correct the position of his leg which is evident in .1).1) Photo Post card, copy of original, B & W showing 4 wounded soldiers, 2 Nurses and possibly 2 Orderlies outside a hospital Ward. .2) Photo Post card, copy of original, view of a large Hospital area complex. .3) Photo Post Card, copy of original, B & W, 2 Nurses sitting on deck of a ship. .4) Photo Post Card, copy of original, sepia tone showing 4 soldiers, 2 standing with walking sticks, 2 sitting’photography, hospitals nurses, military ww1