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Revision as of 22:38, 25 May 2014
Contents
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
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Birch, Bill, John Hill Birch: Eureka veteran, unpublished research emailed to Eurekapedia, 01 April 2013.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Birch, Bill, John Hill Birch: Eureka veteran, unpublished research emailed to Eurekapedia, 01 April 2013.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Birch, Bill, John Hill Birch: Eureka veteran, unpublished research emailed to Eurekapedia, 01 April 2013.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
