COONAN  James                      No photo available as at April 2022 

 

Service Number :  7174  15th      25th Battalions 1st depot company

Born :  15th August 1896 Gladstone

Died :   3rd  October 1970

Buried : Charters Towers

Aged :   74 years 1 month 18 days.

Parents : Michael and Mary Ann nee Sweeney

 Enlisted : 20th  August 1917  Brisbane

Embarked : 16th November 1917 SS Canberra from Sydney

Returned to Australia : 26th March 1919 Ceramic

Armistice Day 1918 :   Boscombe Military Hospital England

 Medals :         British War Medal                              312141

                      Victory Medal                                   30218

 Connection :   Brother is listed on the Jimboomba Honour Board

 Memorial :      Beaudesert War Memorial

                      Jimboomba  Honour Board

   Logan Village Museum Honour Roll

                      Virtual War Memorial Australia

                      Discovering ANZACS National Library Australia                         

The Soldiers & Nurses of the Beaudesert District (1914-19) David Mason

 

                     

 

 

 

COONAN Thomas Jeremire                   No photo available as at April 2022 

Service No. : 3246  5th Light Horse 26th Reinforcements

Birth : 27TH May 1899 Cooroy

Death : 1st January 1973 Western Australia  (73 years 7 months 5 days) 

Buried : Garden of Remembrance, Western Australia

Parents : Michael and Mary Amy nee Sweeney

Enlisted : 12th July 1916

Embarked : 10th May 1917 A42 Boorara from Melbourne

Returned to Australia : 27th June 1919 Madras

Armistice Day 1918 :   Boscombe Military Hospital England 

Medals :          British War Medal                  28808

                      Victory Medal                        27488

Connection :     living in the Jimboomba area before enlistment

Memorials :      Adopt a Digger                                                               

                       Beaudesert War Memorial 

                       Department of Veteran Affairs Honour Our Heroes             

                     Logan  Village Museum Honour Roll

                     Virtual War Memorial Australia                                   

                     Discovering ANZACS National Library Australia

                    The Soldiers & Nurses of the Beaudesert District (1914-1919) David Mason.