MOONEY  L.J.A.

Given Names:  Lamont John Alfred

               

Service Number:  19733

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 8, Battery 29                                                                         

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number:  111766

 

Age:  19 Yrs  9 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  4¾ In                  

Weight:  114 Lbs

Chest:  32-34 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  9/3/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Lamont Mooney

35 Glenferrie Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  20/5/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Medic A7

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Nestor   

Embarked:  1/11/1919                               

Disembarked:  15/12/1919

Unit:  AIF Headquarters                                                                                                                 

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  6/1/1920                         

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  43284

Victory Medal:  42606

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1897

Place:  St Kilda, Victoria                          

Father:  William Lamont MOONEY           

Mother:  Frances Ann CHURCHES

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1924     

Place:             

Spouse: Vera Isabel MASON

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 16/7/1965                          

Place: Caulfield, Victoria                          

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 28/8/1918; gun shot wound, forearm

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Trinity Grammar

Hawthorn Town Hall

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary