CARMODY, Joseph Mannix
Service Numbers: | W10078, W29799, WX31303 |
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Enlisted: | 7 February 1939 |
Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Cottesloe, Western Australia, 9 August 1920 |
Home Town: | Marmion, Joondalup, Western Australia |
Schooling: | St Ildephonse College, New Norcia, Western Australia |
Occupation: | Asst Undersecretary for Works |
Died: | Heart Attack, Rottnest Island, Western Australia, 16 October 1980, aged 60 years |
Cemetery: |
Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Padbury, Western Australia Gravesite 2821 |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
7 Feb 1939: | Enlisted W10078 | |
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30 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W29799 | |
6 Sep 1940: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W29799 | |
15 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, WX31303 | |
14 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, WX31303 | |
Date unknown: | Discharged W10078 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Vernon Carmody
Joe became a senior Public Servant in WA after the War, and was involved in the Ord River Dam Project, the Northwest Cape development of Harold E. Holt Naval Station, and upgrading Public Works in the North West during the mining booms of the 60s and 70s.
Joe was heavily involved in the St Vincent de Paul Society and helped establish a treatment centre for alcoholics.