ARCHDEACON O’DONNELL
HOBART, Sept. 5.
The death has occurred of Archdeacon Thomas Joseph O’Donnell, aged 72. He toured Australia in 1916 advocating conscription and later served in France as a chaplain. When in Dublin in 1917 he was mistaken for the leader of a new Irish rebellion and placed in the Tower of London. He ably defended himself and proved his innocence in the most famous court-martial of the war. Later, lie took a keen interest in politics. often clashing with the Labour leaders.
He was an ardent campaigner against bank nationalisation and when he died he was plaintiff in a £IO,OOO libel suit against an anti-Catholic newspaper. ■
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23043, 6 September 1949, Page 6
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108ARCHDEACON O’DONNELL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23043, 6 September 1949, Page 6
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