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MAHONY, John Maurice
(Service number 7/87)

Aliases	Also John Morris MAHONY; also MAHONEY
First Rank		Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	10/07/1896	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

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Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

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Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	29 October 1926	Age	30 years
Place of Death	Timaru Hospital, Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 30 October 1926
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 24, Plot 235
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Maurice Mahony was the younger son of Joseph and Kathleen Maud (née Doyle) Mahony. He was born on 10 July 1896 at Timaru and baptised Catholic on 2 August 1896 at Timaru. He was educated at Sacred Heart and Marist Brothers schools in Timaru and at Timaru South School. John was a cousin of Gordon Richard and Joseph Mahoney who also served.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [27 July 2018]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [26 July 2018];Timaru Herald, 30 October 1926 (Timaru District Library) [27 July 2018]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [26 July 2018]

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