MAHONEY, Patrick Joseph
| Service Number: | 20842 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 2 June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28 March 1974, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Gravatt Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane |
| Memorials: | Chermside Zillmere School of Arts Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 20842, 9th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 11 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 20842, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 20842, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 4 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 12th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 22 Sep 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 20842, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , per Argyllshire | |
| 16 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 20842, 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Patrick was the eldest of eight children of James Mahoney (born 1860 in Ireland) and Mary Mulcahy (born 1864 in Ireland). James married Mary in 1890 in Gympie, QLD and lived in Gympie, Toowoomba, Brisbane, and on the Darling Downs in QLD where James was a Farmer and a Labourer.
Patrick was a Labourer at Burpengary in QLD when he enlisted in the AIF in 1915. He served as a Gunner and Driver (Service No:20842) with 9th Field Artillery Brigade and 12th Field Artillery Brigade in France. He was hospitalised on several occasions with Influenza and Diptheria, and was Discharged in November 1919. Brothers John Thomas (Service No:3404) and Daniel (Service No:15709) also served in WWI and brother James Vincent (Service No:QX28684) served in WWII.
Patrick returned to Burpengary in QLD, where he was working as a Labourer in 1928 when he married Mary Margaret Sherlock (born 1905 at Pine Mountain in QLD) in Ipswich QLD. The family lived in Beaudesert, QLD where Patrick was a Labourer before relocating to Brisbane where Patrick joined QLD Rail. He worked as a Ganger before becoming Foreman in 1954. Patrick died in 1974 and Mary in 1987.