Adam MOUNTJOY

MOUNTJOY, Adam

Service Numbers: 7, 3520
Enlisted: 12 July 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 11th Infantry Battalion
Born: Albion Town, WA, 1860
Home Town: Middle Swan, Swan, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Natural Causes, Lemnos Hospital, WA, 9 September 1948
Cemetery: Saint Mary's Cemetery, Swan City , Western Australia
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Swanleigh St. Mary's Church HR WW1
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 7, 1 Mounted Infantry Contingent

World War 1 Service

12 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3520, 11th Infantry Battalion
2 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 3520, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 3520, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Boer War
Veteran
The death of 82-year-old Adam Mountjoy, of Kalamunda, at Lemnos Hospital on Thursday severed a link with one of the oldest families in WA. Mr. Mountjoy's grandparents came to Australia in August 1829, two months after Captain Stirling arrived on the Parmelia.
A well-known figure in the Swan district Mr. Mountjoy was a veteran of the Boer War and World War I. He is survived by his widow.