John Donohue

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Background

John Donohue enlisted in Cork, Ireland in March 1853[1] (#3223)[2], travelled to Australia on the Camperdown, and was sent to Ballarat in late November 1854 and was attacked by miners at the Eureka diggings. [3]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

John Donohue was probably present during the storming of the Eureka Stockade on 03 December 1854.[4]

Post 1854 Experiences

John Donohue was placed in confinement for a misdemeanour on 01 February 1855, and held in the Guard Room for 46 days.[5]

In 1864 John Hill Birch, a 12th Regiment deserter, used the alias of ‘John Donohue’, the name of a shipmate on the Camperdown and fellow private in the 12th Regiment. who had enlisted in Cork in March 1853.[6]

See also

John Hill Birch

Military

Further Reading

Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.

References

  1. Birch, Bill, John Hill Birch: Eureka veteran, unpublished research emailed to Eurekapedia, 01 April 2013.
  2. Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  3. Birch, Bill, John Hill Birch: Eureka veteran, unpublished research emailed to Eurekapedia, 01 April 2013.
  4. Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  5. Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  6. Birch, Bill, John Hill Birch: Eureka veteran, unpublished research emailed to Eurekapedia, 01 April 2013.

External links

http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/art/12th_regt_list.htm


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