Donovan, Charles Owen Gregory

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D.S.O., M.B., Ch.M. : Captain, R.A.M.C., B.E.F., France and East Africa. Enlisting and sailing in March, 1915, served as R.M.O. 10th Battn. Loyal N. Lancs, from May, 1915, to November, 1916, being wounded at Mametz Wood in July, 1916, and at Beaucourt in November. Was O.C., "F "Coy. R.A.M.C. from March to July, 1917, and then in East Africa until demobilisation. Awarded D.S.O.* and Mentioned in Despatches twice. Early education at Sydney Grammar School. * "He displayed courage of very high order over a period of 48 hours in attending to a large number of wounded in his own and other units in a shallow muddy trench, which was continually subjected to heavy fire. On another occasion he dressed several wounded officers in the open. He was severely wounded."—London Gazette, 3rd March, 1917.

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Early education at Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
1915

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Enlisted 1 Mar 1915
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Military service as Captain at France --, France ; East Africa
1917

Military award: D.S.O. on 1917
1920

Medical Practitioner at Waverley -- NSW, Australia 1920
1921

Married 1921
1930

Medical Practitioner at Waverley -- NSW, Australia 1930
1942

Medical Practitioner at Waverley -Albion Street- NSW, Australia 1942
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on

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Male

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