Brian Gerald Mahoney

Forenames

Brian Gerald AWMM

Surname

Mahoney AWMM

Also known as

Mahony AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/1067 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Tonga, Pacific Islands AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Messrs De Latour, Barker, and Stock, Administrators, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• Air Force AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/1067 AWMM

Military service

Royal Munster Fusiliers AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-06 Aug 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 26 AWMM Vessel was Aparima AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 189 Squadron AWMM

Brian Mahoney was the son of Cornelius and Harriet Isabella Mahoney, Ruatoki, Bay of Plenty.

He left New Zealand in June 1915 as a Trooper in the 4 Auckland Mounted Rifles.

Listed as Mahoney by CWGC and Archives New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs J. Mahoney, Raukokore, Bay of Plenty (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

3 Sept 1918 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Brompton Cemetery, London, England AWMM E6.174846 AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10927700
Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 477
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• Research for this record was kindly provided by the Nga Wahi Pakanga I Karipori Charles Timutimu Research (August 2014). This project focused on the men of the Te Urewera area who fought in the 1st World War 1914 - 1918.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 3: Includes portrait
• Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.
  p. 110-112
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.