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