John Arthur COONEY

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COONEY, John Arthur

Service Number:	8006
Enlisted:	16 January 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	No. 2 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 26 February 1913
Home Town:	Fullarton, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Norwood Technical School, South Australia
Occupation:	Mechanic
Died:	Christie's Beach, South Australia, 25 October 1978, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

16 Jan 1940:	Involvement Corporal, 8006
16 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Laverton, VIC
16 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 8006
1 May 1941:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF), Darwin and South West Pacific Region
1 Feb 1945:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF)
23 Oct 1945:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

John was the youngest of five children of Francis (Frank) Ignatius Cooney (b1876 in Hindmarsh, South Australia) and Alice Maud Read (b1883 at Kadina, SA). Frank - a Labourer - and Alice married in 1903 in Dales, SA. Frank served in WWI as a Private (Service No:3785).

John started work as a Bakehouse Assistant in 1929 and by 1933 was a Yellow Cab Driver. In 1936 he married Neta Alice Moss (b1914 in Adelaide, SA) and became a Motor Mechanic.

In Jamuary 1940 John enlisted in the RAAF (Service No: 8006) and served as an Aircraftman, Leading Aircraftman and Corporal in Darwin and the South West Pacific Region (2 Squadron). He was Discharged in October 1945.

Returning to Adelaide, SA John worked as a Mechanic and Fitter with Richards Industries before becoming an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer with Australian National Airways in 1949. John died in 1978 and Neta in 2009.

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