MAHONY, Francis George
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 5 January 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1919 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Yokohama, Japan, 25 July 1945, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Yokohama War Cemetery Aust. Sec. A. D. 5. |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Merchant Navy | |
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| 5 Jan 1940: | Enlisted |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was Third Mate [Australian Merchant Navy] on the Nankin, a 6,853 GRT steam Passenger/ cargo ship that was attacked on 10 May 1942 by German raider Thor. The Captain of Nankin ordered the ship to be abandoned and an attempt was made to scuttle her but this was not successful and a boarding party managed to repair her. She was taken as a prize and renamed Leuthen and travelled to Japanese-held ports. She was blown up with two other ships on 30 November 1942 whilst in Yokohama harbour during a bunkering operation - possibly sabotage.
The widely varying dates of deaths of the six Australian Merchant Navy casualties suggests they died whilst POW’s.
He was 27 and the son of Joseph Francis and Margeret Monica Mahony of East Malvern Victoria Australia.
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