ROONEY  W.J.E.C.

Given Names:  William James Ernest Colbain

               

Service Number:  9518

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 6, 1st reinforcements                                                             

Rank:  Driver   

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  23 Yrs  10 Mths

Occupation:  Auctioneer                                                                                                 

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7½ In                  

Weight:  136 Lbs

Chest:  33-34½ In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Dark Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  7/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Rooney

7 Mortimer Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  22/11/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Persic A34

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Port Darwin                                     

Embarked:  11/1/1918                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  6th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                     

Rank:  Bombardier

Discharge Date:  3/6/1918                         

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  16789

British War Medal:  28445

Victory Medal:  28225

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1891

Place:  Blackwood, Victoria                      

Father:  William ROONEY                        

Mother:  Frances Elizabeth WHITE

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1939     

Place:             

Spouse: Irene Josephine KLEINSMITH

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 26/1/1967                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary