| Service Number: | 246 |
|---|---|
| Rank: | Corporal |
| Age: | 20 |
| Religion: | Pres |
| Marriage status: | Single |
| Calling/trade: | Plumber |
| Address: |
Ridley-street Sunshine Victoria Australia |
| Date joined: | 15/08/14 |
| *A.M.F. Unit: | |
| Regiment: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation |
|
| Date: | 21/10/14 |
| From: | Melbourne |
| On number: | A3 |
| Name: | Orvieto |
| Nominal Roll No: | 23/22/1 |
| Division | B Company |
Next of Kin |
|
| Name: | Mrs. Isabella Mounsey |
| Relationship: | |
| Address: | Sunshine Victoria Australia |
| Before Embarkation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rate per Diem | Date to which paid | ||
| S | D | S | D |
| 9 | 0 | 20/10/14 | |
| After Embarkation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily rate, excluding Deferred pay | Allotment in Australia per Diem | Not Rate, not including Allowances or Deferred pay | |||
| S | D | S | D | S | D |
| 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Daily Rate of Deferred Pay, only Inssuable on Completion of Service with Expeditionary Force | |
|---|---|
| S | D |
| 1 | 6 |
Phil Mounsey shares the story of his Grandfather, Jonathan Mounsey and his Great Uncle, Walter Mounsey – both men served in the Great War. Jonathan Mounsey was born in Ballarat in 1892. He was a toolmaker by trade, serving his apprenticeship in a blacksmith shop. Before WWI broke out he was working in a factory [...]
