John Thomas MAHONEY

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MAHONEY, John Thomas

Service Numbers:	3404, Q227794
Enlisted:	25 August 1916, 8th Reinforcements
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 12 April 1893
Home Town:	Beaudesert, Scenic Rim, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Thagoona, Rosewood, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia, 10 October 1974, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Beaudesert War Memorial

World War 1 Service

25 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3404, 4th Pioneer Battalion, 8th Reinforcements
25 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3404, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
25 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 3404, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
23 Jun 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3404, 4th Pioneer Battalion, per Orita
15 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3404, 4th Pioneer Battalion

World War 2 Service

8 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Q227794, 9th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Corporal
8 Apr 1942:	Enlisted
21 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Q227794, 9th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Corporal

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

John was the second of eight children of James Mahoney (born 1860 in Ireland) and Mary Mulcahy (born 1864 in Ireland). James and Mary married in Gympie, QLD in 1890 and lived in Gympie, Toowoomba, Brisbane and on the Darling Downs where James was a Farmer and a Labourer.

John was a Carpenter in Beaudesert, QLD when he enlisted in the AIF in September 1916. He served as a Private (Service No:3404) with the 4th Pioneer Battalion in France. He was Discharged in December 1919. Brothers Patrick Joseph (Service No:20842) and Daniel (Service No:15709) served in WWI. John served in WWII with the ACMF (Corporal, Service No:Q227794) with 9 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (1942 - 1945) and brother James Vincent served in the Army (Bombardier, Service No:QX28684).

In 1922 John was a Farmer when he married Mary Hardie (born 1897 at Wallon in QLD) in Ipswich, QLD. By 1925 John and Mary had moved to Thagoona, Rosewood on the Darling Downs in QLD, where John was a Miner. By 1954 John was Mine Deputy at Thagoona, a position he held until his Death in 1974. Mary died in 1984

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