MAHONY, Henry Joseph
| Service Number: | 4191 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, September 1893 |
| Home Town: | Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers (Catholic) School, Balmain, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Ironworker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France Serre Road Cemetery No. 2 (Plot XXXVII, Row E, Grave No. 10), France Reported missing, informed 13 months afterwards that he was killed in action. Understand that his re-inforcement 10 of 20 were all gone., Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4191, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4191, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4191, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Burnie Advocate 12 November 1930. "AFTER 14 YEARS. Woman Hears of Fate of Son."
SYDNEY, Tuesday. - Mrs. R. Mahoney, wife of Mr. Mahoney, M.L.C., received word today that her son's body had been found after 14 years.
Yesterday the Base Records Department, Melbourne, wrote to Mrs. Mahoney telling her that the Imperial War Graves Commission had informed them that the remains of an Australian officer and eight other soldiers had boon recovered from an isolated grave near Pozieres. Among those identified was her son.
The shock after so many years of anxiety as to what had happened to her oldest boy prostrated Mrs. Mahoney. Her son, who was 20 when he enlisted in 1915, was reported missing on August 5, 1916."