MOONEY, Francis Patrick
| Service Number: | NX15465 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 May 1940, Narrandera, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Narrandera, NSW, 15 October 1918 |
| Home Town: | Narrandera, Narrandera, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Narrandera Public School |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 15 September 1943, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Narrandera WW2 War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, NX15465 | |
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| 17 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX15465, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, Narrandera, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Denis and Mary Mooney, of Narrandera, New South Wales.
ETERNAL REST GRANT HIM, O LORD. HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
Mr. Denis Mooney, of King Street, Narandera, yesterday received a telegram from the Minister for the Army that his son NX15465, Corporal Francis Mooney, had been killed in action on 15th September. Corporal Mooney, who was a native of Narandera, would have been 24 years of age on 15th October. He was educated in Narandera and was liked by all who knew him. He enlisted in 1940 and was one of the contingent of Australians to go to the Middle East early in the campaign. He served in the Suez campaign, and when the Australians were withdrawn from the north of Africa early last year he came back to Australia. After a brief leave he went to New Guinea and recently was granted leave to visit his parents. After his leave he returned to a northern base. He was unmarried. The news of the death of Corporal Mooney will be received with regret by the many friends of this old Narandera family.