John James Rooney

1892-1974

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

6/714

Born in New Zealand

31 August 1892

Parent

Father

James Rooney

Residence

Hometown

Inchbonnie

Work

Occupation

Sawmiller

Employer

Westland Sawmilling Company

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

World War I (1914-1918)

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Died at the age of 82

15 November 1974

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5550 92/0099670, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 37.

Anthony Byledbal, “John James Rooney (1892-1974)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/737