William Richard MAHONEY

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MAHONEY, William Richard

Service Numbers:	3404, Q187351
Enlisted:	22 May 1917, 8th Reinforcements
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 27 November 1894
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Manly, Queensland, Australia, 1 December 1973, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Balmoral Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

22 May 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3404, 41st Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements
14 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 3404, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
14 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 3404, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
18 Jan 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3404, 41st Infantry Battalion, per HT Ulysses
11 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3404, 41st Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

15 Nov 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, Q187351
15 Nov 1939:	Enlisted
15 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Q187351, Warrant Officer Class 2 HQ Australian Amen Service
15 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, Q187351
1 May 1947:	Discharged
1 May 1947:	Discharged Q187351, Warrant Officer Class II HQ Australian Amen Service

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

William was the eldest of three children of Richard Mahoney (born 1865 in County Cork, Ireland) and Sarah Hannah Hughes (born 1872 in Brisbane, QLD). Richard was a Seaman when he married Sarah in Brisbane in 1896. They settled in Brisbane where they raised their family.

In 1914 William was a Carter in Brisbane, QLD when he married Waitress Margaret (Maggie) Louis (born 1891 in Condong, Murwillumbah, NSW).

William enlisted in the AIF in May 1917 and was a Private (Service No:3404) with 41st Infantry Battalion. He was Discharged in April 1919. Brother Cornelius George (Private, Service No:2846) served in WWI, and William and Cornelius served with the CMF in WWII - William as a Warrant Officer Class II (Service No:Q187351) and Cornelius as a Private (Service No:Q187308). William's son Vincent George served in WWII as a Private (Service No:QX19876) with 1 Coy AASC and died as a PoW at Kanchanaburi in Thailand.

William and Maggie lived in QLD - at Manly, in Brisbane, in a Fettler's Camp on the Logan River and William was employed as a Bottler, Carter, Labourer and Fettler. Maggie died in 1972 and William in 1973.

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