Francis Joseph MacMahon

 

Shown below are some images of my Grandfather, Francis Joseph MacMahon, who served with the North Irish Horse from 1914 to 1917, the 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers from 1917 to 1919, and the 11th and 16th Garrison Battalions, Australian Military Forces from 1939 to 1945.

Click on one of the images below for a larger view

 

Family

Family in Ireland before the war
Philip McMahon
Catherine McMahon
Philip and Catherine McMahon
Mary McMahon

 

Mary McMahon
Rossa Patrick McMahon

 

 

 

First World War

Recruit
Mounted
In Egypt
Discharge certificate
Victory medal

 

 

 

Between the Wars

Manchester 1923
Sydney 1932

 

 

 

Second World War

 

When the war broke out, Frank enlisted with the Australian Military Forces, even though he was 45 years old. He was assigned to the 16th Garrison Battalion and was quickly rose to the rank of Warrant Officer Class I. He spent much of the war at the Hay prisoner of war and internment camp.
HMT Dunera, Sydney
Mounted group, Hay, NSW
Warrant Officers, Hay
Inspection of the guard, Hay
16th Garrison Battalion reunion dinner

 

 

 

1946 to 1971

Canberra
Royal Military College Chapel
Remembrance wall, Canberra