MULVANEY, Joseph
(Service number 25/1182)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 25 July 1888 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 16 November 1915 | Age | 27 years |
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| Address at Enlistment | D. Flynn, Martinborough | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs O'DONOHUE (O'DONOGHUE) (mother), Clandeboye, Temuka | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 3rd Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 5 February 1916 | ||
| Transport | Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egyptian; Egyptian Expeditionary Force; Western European | ||
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| Service Medals | British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 9 April 1941 | Age | 51 years |
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| Place of Death | Feilding (at home) | ||
| Cause | Appendicitis | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Feilding Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Joseph Mulvaney was the son of Joseph and Mary (née Donoghue) Mulvaney. His mother remarried in 1900 and moved to Waimate then Clandeboye. His father who had been active in Wellington local politics, died in a tragic accident in October 1899 in Wellington. The next year Mrs Mulvaney married Jeremiah O'Donoghue.Joseph was at home with his mother at Clandeboye in 1911. Before the war he was a labourer at Willowbridge and after the war he was in Timaru before moving north to Pahiatua and Feilding. In October 1916 Joseph was admitted to hospital in England when he was wounded in the face and right arm.
Joseph married Amelia Mildred Sandman (Mildred) in 1925. Two of Joseph's brothers - Johon and Thomas - also served in World War I, Thomas being killed in action in 1918 in France. Ellen (Nellie) Mulvaney who married Frank Kelly, a Timaru serviceman, was believed to be asister of John, Joseph and Thomas.
Joseph died of appendicitis, at home, in Fielding on 9 April 1941. He was survived by his wife Amelia & his two children Donal Joseph Mulvaney (b. 31 December 1931) and Glenys Mulvaney.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 January 2018]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5549 0084311) [28 January 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 January 2018]; NZ Electoral rolls (ancestry.com.au) [25 January 2018]; Feilding Cemetery headstone transcription & burial record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [25 January 2018]; Timaru Herald, 14 October 1899, 12 October 1916, 21 December 1916, 16 October 1917, Press, 14 October 1899 (Papers Past) [26 January 2018]; SCRoll web submission by C Mulvaney 29 Apil 2021 (cause of death and children's details)
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