MAHONY, Francis
| Service Number: | 2882 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 4 April 1888 |
| Home Town: | Glenrowan, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Taminick State School |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 1 December 1916, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Heilly Station Cemetery Plot VI, Row D, Grave 4. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2882, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2882, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2882, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Son of Jeremiah and Bridget Mahony. A native of Taminick, Glenrowan, Victoria, Australia.
Francis joined up with the 1st Battalion AIF but transferred to the 101st Howitzer Battery of the 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade during September 1916. His brother Michael Alepius Mahony was a Sergeant in the same unit.
In his Red Cross file his brother Michael states he was with Francis on the day he was badly wounded on 29 November 1916. His dugout was hit by a shell. He was taken away to a dressing station but died two days later.
Sergeant Michael Mahony would later win the MM and was several times seriously wounded, before being returned to Australia medically unfit.