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Cenotaph record

Rex Victor Mahony

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Rex Victor Mahony, smiling, cigarette in hand (photo provided by the serviceman) - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rex Victor AWMM
  • Surname
    Mahony AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Rex Victor Mahoney AWMM
  • Service number
    061939 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 October 1920 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 23 April 1905 AWMM Pukekohe East, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Mechanic/Military AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E. Mahoney (mother), Pukekohe East, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 July 1943 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940 AWMM
    Age 18 AWMM
    Motor Mechanic/Military AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Wounded 15 May 1944 AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Admitted to 3 General Hospital Naples Italy with wounds. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Rex Mahony served with the 1 and 3 Battalions between 1940 and 1943; then in Japan between January and July 1946

    Rex Mahony and his mother's surname is spelt Mahoney in the Nominal roll. Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 1999 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    2006 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 128 AWMM
    • Fortune, G. & Bebich, M. (2008). Citizenship and remembrance : a history of the 24 NZ Infantry Battalion Association. Auckland, N.Z.: Polygraphia. AWMM
    • 24 N.Z. Infantry Battalion Association [newsletter]. Auckland, N.Z.: The Association. AWMM
      24th N.Z. Infantry Battalion Association newsletter. December 2005, Issue 145. AWMM
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. AWMM

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