MULKEARNS, Joseph Leo
Service Number: | 482 |
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Enlisted: | 15 August 1914, Enlisted at Moonee Ponds, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
Schooling: | St. Patricks Catholic College, East Melbourne, Victoria |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Died of wounds - left thigh and upper right leg, 15th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 1 June 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Row F, Grave 149 Headstone inscription reads: The dearly loved son of Mr. & Mrs. Mulkearns of Moonee Ponds, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
15 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 482, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Moonee Ponds, Victoria | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 482, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 482, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Francis Mulkearns and Jessie Mullkearns nee Johnstone of 16 Byron Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria. Brother of Geoerge Thomas Mulkearns, Helena Mary Mulkearns, Francis Gregory Mulkearns, Eileen Veronica Mulkearns and Austin Charles Mulkearns
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served with the Carlton Infantry and Essendon Rifles
He was a successful athlete at College. He was als a member of St Francis Choir Melbourne and of St Patricks Old Collegians Association