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MAHONY, Denis James
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 188664, VX85271, VP4204 |
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Enlisted: | 1 January 1932 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies |
Born: | East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 January 1916 |
Home Town: | Glen Iris, Boroondara & Stonnington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Plasterer |
Died: | Wantirna South, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 1981, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Biography contributed by Robert Wight
According to family sources, shortly after the start of WW2, Denis Mahony and several other gunners “liberated” several SEC poles from a local depot, returned to the Fort, painted the poles and placed them in empty gun shields to deceive any Japanese pilots as to the real defensive capabilities of the Fort. This action was officially sanctioned and a photo of a "dummy" gun is attached to this record.
Source: Family records, Fort Queenscliff Musuem