MOONEY, Cosmo Louis
| Service Number: | 44711 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 March 1942, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | RAAF Ground Training Schools |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 26 May 1916 |
| Home Town: | Gin Gin, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Great State School, Christian Brothers' Bundaberg |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia, 7 June 1943, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Evans Head War Cemetery, NSW Plot B Row C Grave 10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg Civic Centre Memorial Portico, Gin Gin War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 44711 | |
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| 16 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 44711, RAAF Ground Training Schools, Brisbane, Qld. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Cosmo and Annie Harriet Mooney, of Gin Gin, Queensland.
ILL-FATED FAMILY
Leading Aircraftsman Cosmo Louis Mooney, eldest son of Mr. Mooney, Gaeta, Gin Gin, recently lost his life in an aircraft accident at a Southern training school.
His young brother Ian met with a fatal shooting accident four years ago.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Fairey Battle aircraft L4941 & L5650 from Number 1 Bombing & Gunnery School suffered a mid-air collision near Evans Head
Sergeant Finch 417171 and LAC Mooney 44711 were killed in aircraft L5650
Flight Sergeant Neville Graham Monroe 404979 (discharged from the RAAF in February 1945), LAC Colin Henry Wheatley 425913 (discharged from the RAAF in January 1946) & LAC Noel White 434066 (discharged from the RAAF in March 1946) all survived the incident in aircraft L4941
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