CARNEY, Joseph Leo
| Service Number: | 1234 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Boolaroo, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium Plot IX, Row D, Grave No. 8, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1234, 7th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 1234, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 1234, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 28 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, Field Artillery Brigades | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade | |
| 15 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 10 Oct 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 1234, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1234 awm_unit: 2 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-10 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery, not forgotten.
105 years ago today, on the 10th October 1917, Gunner Joseph Leo Carney, 2nd Australian Field Artillery Brigade (Reg No-1234), butcher (Messrs. T. Fenwick and Sons, Boolaroo, N.S.W.), from First Street, Boolaroo, New South Wales, was Killed in Action during the Battle of Poelcappelle, Belgium, Passchendaele Campaign, age 22 years 9 months.
Born at Goulburn, New South Wales on the 12th December 1894 to Daniel (died 7.4.1923) and Bridget Carney (died 7.5.1929? 22.3.1938? remarried as BLAIR, 1927?), Joseph enlisted June 1915 with the 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 16 2 1916 (influenza).
Joseph is resting at The Huts Cemetery, Belgium. Plot IX Row D Grave 8.
Mr. Carney’s name has been inscribed on the Boolaroo District Pictorial Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 14th December 1916, now inscribed with 148 names and photos, 26 Fallen, located at Boolaroo/Speers Point RSL sub-Branch, Unit 9 / 24 Main Road, Boolaroo, N.S.W.). Name possibly inscribed on the Boolaroo M.U.I.O.O.F. Roll of Honour (unveiled on the 19th August 1916, whereabouts unknown).
The gravesite of Joseph’s father Daniel has curbing but unfortunately no headstone, therefore no memorial inscription to tell us of the loss of his son during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of his service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. CATHOLIC 1-18. 38.
Younger brother Donald Nicholas (also known as Snowy, Light Trench Mortar Battery & 13th Battalion, Reg No-1199, of First Street, Boolaroo, New South Wales and Second Street, Boolaroo, N.S.W. and Henry Street, Boolaroo, N.S.W., born 1897, died 14.1.1939, age 41) resting at the cemetery. CATHOLIC 2-56. 15.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
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Lest We Forget.
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