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MOUNSEY, John James
| Service Number: | 4527 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Broomhill, Victoria, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Heart attack, Footscray, Victoria, 6 September 1952, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 7 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4527, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4527, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4527, 1st Machine Gun Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 4527, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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John James (Jim) Mounsey enlisted when things were in full swing at Gallipoli. He spent the war fighting on the Western Front. He was wounded at the Somme in the Mouquet Farm push. A shell shock injury to his back according to his service record. I don't have a lot of information on my Great Grandfather. My mother never met him. He was married to my Great grandmother, but he struggled after returning from the war. They got divorced. All I know is that he died in 1952 in the streets of Footscray after having a heart attack and falling into the gutter. The story goes that passing people thought he was drunk and did not do anything to help him.
Please note, I am searching for his war medals. I don't need to have them, but I would like to know that they are somewhere and are being treated with the respect that they deserve. If anyone has any information on their whereabouts please contact me (Dr Tim Anson) through the University of Adelaide.
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