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Military service
Age:
38
Rank:
Chaplain 4th Class
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Chaplain Service
Birth:
January 21, 1906
Westport, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 8, 1942
Kingston, Ontario
Death:
September 14, 1944
Moerkerke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. A. 8.
Additional information
Son of Michael Edmund and Anna Cecilia Mooney, of Westport, Ontario. B.A. (University of Toronto); Director of Music, Kingston Cathedral; awarded diplomas from Pius X School of Music, New York.
Chaplain 4th Class Thomas Edmund Mooney has been honoured by having Mooney Creek named after him. The location of Mooney Creek is in Yukon (95C03- 60° 10’ 00”- 125° 03’ 37”).
Mooney was believed to be the first Canadian Catholic Chaplain reported killed in action during World War II.
Digital gallery of Chaplain 4th Class Thomas Edmund Mooney
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Book
"A White Knight of God" was a small booklet written by Rev. D.A. Casey, Litt.D. about the life of Father Thomas Mooney -
Photo of Thomas Edmund Mooney
Father Thomas Edmund Mooney relaxing and reading a newspaper -
Photo of Thomas Edmund Mooney
Father Thomas E. Mooney looking dapper in his black hat -
Photo of Thomas Edmund Mooney
Portrait of Chaplain, Father Thomas E. Mooney -
Photo of Thomas Edmund Mooney
Father Thomas Edmund Mooney proudly displays his catch of fish -
Temporary Grave Marker
The makeshift grave marker for Father Tom Mooney, 1944 -
Newspaper Clipping
News clipping in local newspaper about the death of Father Thomas E. Mooney -
Photo of Thomas Mooney
From: University of Toronto Memorial Book Second World War 1939-1945. The book was published by the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto. <P> Submitted with permission, by Operation Picture Me. -
Entrance
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Hall of Colours
Beechwood National Military Cemetery Hall of Colours Military Chaplains stained glass window -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Group Photo
Group photo shows Mooney (at photo left) with fellow intercollegiate golf award winners. From Torontonensis, University of Toronto's yearbook, 1928. -
Group Photo
Photo shows Mooney as Vice-President of the St. Michael's College Athletic Directorate. From Torontonensis, University of Toronto's yearbook, 1928. -
Group Photo
Group photo shows Mooney (front row, centre) as President of his college oratorical club. From Torontonensis, University of Toronto's yearbook, 1928. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Chaplain 4th Class Thomas Edmund Mooney
Digital gallery of
Chaplain 4th Class Thomas Edmund Mooney
Digital gallery of
Chaplain 4th Class Thomas Edmund Mooney
Digital gallery of
Chaplain 4th Class Thomas Edmund Mooney
Digital gallery of
Chaplain 4th Class Thomas Edmund Mooney
Digital gallery of
Chaplain 4th Class Thomas Edmund Mooney
Digital gallery of
Chaplain 4th Class Thomas Edmund Mooney
Digital gallery of
Chaplain 4th Class Thomas Edmund Mooney
Digital gallery of
Chaplain 4th Class Thomas Edmund Mooney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 397 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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