Donald (Snowy) CARNEY

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CARNEY, Donald

Service Number:	1199
Enlisted:	15 May 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Boolaroo, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, April 1897
Home Town:	Boolaroo, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bread carter
Died:	intra-cerebral hemorrhage, Boolaroo, New South Wales, Australia, 14 January 1939
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-56. 15.
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

15 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1199, Light Trench Mortar Batteries
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 1199, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 1199, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
12 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion
28 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1199, 13th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

Served during The Great War, resting peacefully at Sandgate Cemetery.

82 years ago today, on the Sunday of the 15th January 1939 (7 funerals on this day), Private Donald Nicholas Carney (Snowy), 13th Battalion (Reg No-1199), bread carter and boilermaker's assistant from First Street, Boolaroo, New South Wales and Second Street, Boolaroo, N.S.W. and Henry Street, Boolaroo, N.S.W., father of one, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 41. CATHOLIC 2-56. 15.

Born at Dapto, New South Wales on the 19th April 1897 to Daniel and Bridget Carney; husband of Elizabeth Carney nee Cain (married 1922, Wallsend, N.S.W., died 1969?), Snowy enlisted May 1915 with the Light Trench Mortar Battery at West Wallsend, N.S.W.

Receiving no injuries or illness during his service, Snowy returned home July 1919, being discharged on the 28th August 1919.

Mr Carney’s name has been inscribed on the Boolaroo District Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 14th December 1916, 148 names now inscribed with photos).

There is no indication on Donald’s headstone of his service with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed poppies to honour his sacrifice for God, King and Country.

Older brother Joseph Leo (2nd Australian Field Artillery Brigade, Reg No-1234, born 1894, KIA 10.1.1917) also served 1st A.I.F., awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.

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