Donohoe David George Private 14544358
Personnel Entry
Name Donohoe David George
Army number 14544358
Rank Private.
Decorations None yet known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 3/12/1924 in Alnwick, Northumberland.
Age At the time of his death 70 years old.
Unit Enlisted in the General Staff Corps - date not yet known - underwent Basic Training. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry. Served Normandy. Wounded - date not recorded. Posted to the ? Battalion. Repatriated to the UK. Granted A Release 4/6/1947. Demobilised.
Company/Battery Not yet ascertained.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions None known as yet.
Wounded Yes - in Normandy - date not recorded..
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death 6/11/1995 in Newcastle on Tyne aged 70.
Home address Father - George William Donohoe (1900 - 1993), mother - Rachel Isobel Minary (1903 - 1997). IN the 1939 General Register he is shown as working as a message boy for the Co-operative Society. Married July 1954 in Northumberland South to Margaret A. McEnaney (1928 - 2003).
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