MAHONY, Bernard
| Service Numbers: | 8, 4186 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 7 August 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Vlamertinghe, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 8, 5th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 8, 5th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 7 Aug 1917: | Involvement 4186, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4186 awm_unit: 13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Artificer Warrant Officer 2nd Class awm_died_date: 1917-08-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Mark Mahoney
Upon enlistment, Bernard (Bern) was an Engineer, having been apprenticed to his father. Bern enlisted six months after his younger brother Eugene. In a personal note from Cpl Bruce Prior to Bern's family and friends decribing the events surrounding his death 3000 yards east of Ypres, Bern was described as being "..well respected and held in high esteem by all of his Officers and NCOs and men of this side. Only on the afternoon previous to his death he went under heavy and concentrated shell fire to a neighbouring 60 pounder battery and affected repairs to one of the guns. One of the battery's Officers has already written to the English Division commenting on this action."
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