Robert Darwin LONERGAN

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LONERGAN, Robert Darwin

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	16 October 1917, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
Born:	Southport, Brisbane, 16 November 1890
Home Town:	Milton, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Public servant
Died:	Natural causes, Albion, Queensland, 4 July 1948, aged 57 years
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials:	Queensland Government Printing Office

World War 1 Service

16 Oct 1917:	Enlisted Second Lieutenant, Officer, Brisbane, Queensland
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, Officer, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Second Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
23 Mar 1918:	Transferred Second Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Pupil 7th Training Squadron, Leighterton, England
1 Jan 1919:	Promoted Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
13 Feb 1920:	Discharged Lieutenant, Officer, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Appointment Terminated

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

From serching the historical birth records of Queensland's Births, Deaths and Marriages I discovered that Lieutenant Robert Darwin Lonergan and his brother 3132 Sergeant Cecil Lonergan were actually born with the surname O'LONERGAN.

Looking at period newspapers (Trove) of the day, it records articles of Robert Darwin Lonergan, many years prior to enlisting with his surname as LONERGAN. Being of Irish-decent, this was more likely the reason of the 'O' being dropped off the surname.

The two enlisted children of Robert Valintine O'Lonergan (Lonergan) and Annie (née Chamberlain) O'Lonergan (Lonergan) of Milton, Queensland:-

3132 Sgt. Cecil Lonergan (/explore/people/233017) - returned to Australia;

Lt. Robert Darwin Lonergan - returned to Australia.

'PERSONAL NOTES.

Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Lonergan, Station House, Milton, have received a cablegram from their son, Flight Lieutenant R. D. Lonergan, from Egypt, saying he is well. Lieutenant Lonergan obtained his pilot's certificate before leaving Australia, and was the only Queenslander amongst a special draft of airmen sent from Australia. Their other son, Cecil, is at present in England, having been wounded in France.' from The Brisbane Courier 22 Dec 1917 (nla.gov.au)

'FUNERAL NOTICES.

LONERGAN.— A.F.C. & Air Force Association. — Officers & Members of the above Association are invited to attend the Funeral of their late A.F.C. & Life Member, Robert Darwin Lonergan, to leave the Funeral Chapel, 17 Peel St., South Brisbane, as per above notice. F. J. Carius, State Secretary.' from The Courier-Mail 5 Jul 1948 (nla.gov.au)

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