MOONEY, John Ignatius
| Service Number: | 2055 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia., 21 January 1892 |
| Home Town: | Cooma, Cooma-Monaro, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Shunter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 August 1918, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Assevillers New British Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2055, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2055, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 13 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2055, 19th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to right arm. Sent to hospital in France and then England. | |
| 30 Aug 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 2055, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2055 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-30 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
John Ignatius MOONEY (Service Number 2055) was born at Goulburn on 21st January 1892. He was the son of John Mooney, a grazier of Rock Flat, near Cooma. He joined the NSW Government Railways as a porter in the Goulburn District in July 1913. He was made a 3rd class shunter in January 1914. In September he was promoted to 2nd class shunter and transferred to the Sydney District. In May 1915 he enlisted in the AIF at Liverpool.
He was allotted to the 3rd Reinforcements of the 19th Battalion. He embarked from Sydney in August 1915 for the Middle East. He was hospitalised with mumps in Mudros (on the Greek island of Lemnos) in September 1915, He joined his Battalion at Gallipoli in October. He was sent to hospital with jaundice and evacuated to Cairo (Egypt) in December, in February 1916 he returned to duty in Egypt. In March 1916 he was sent to France. In November he spent a week at a Trench Mortar School. He re-joined his unit. He was wounded in action on 13th November (gunshot wound, right arm). He was sent to hospital in France and then to England. He was discharged to No. 2 Command Depot at Weymouth in January 1917. He was transferred to the 61st Battalion, he was Absent Without Leave for five days at the end of March and was punished by ‘7 days Field Punishment No. 2’ and forfeiture of 10 days’ pay, in addition to the five days of absence.
After changing battalion again and being appointed Lance Corporal at another training camp in July, he was transferred back to the 19th Battalion in August. He was sent back to the Continent in October to join his unit in Belgium. He spent a week at the Corps Gas School in February 1918. After 10 days leave in France, he re-joined his unit in March. He was promoted to Corporal in August.
He was killed in action on 30th August 1918. He was buried in Assevillers New British Cemetery, 4¼ miles WSW of Péronne.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.