John James MAHONEY

Regimental number34524
Date of birth23 May 1894
Place of birthInvercargill
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationJockey
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 8"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinFather, Tom Mahoney, 9 Earn Street, Invercargill
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 August 1916
Place of enlistmentFeatherston
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 81 Devon on 5 April 1917
Final rankCorporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 2), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mary Mahoney, 9 Earn Street, Invercargill, and the late Tom Mahoney
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 5 April 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 11 June 1917, and marched into Sling Camp, and reverted to Temporary Corporal.

Promoted Corporal, 9 July 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 23 July 1917.

Transferred to Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 6 August 1917.

Joined 1st Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 19 August 1917, and posted to 2nd Company.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Buried in and around Passchendaele/Belle Vue Spur: report by 2nd Anzac Burial Corps, 19 November 1917; grave subsequently lost.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 59, p. 7
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 10927718

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