Johnathan (Jack) Mounsey (SN 149) born at Ballarat, was a 22 year old blacksmith when he enlisted in Brisbane on August 23rd 1914. On October 18th he embarked from Sydney aboard the Argyllshire assigned to the 1st Field Artillery Brigade. He served right through the Gallipoli campaign before moving on to the Western Front. In December 1916 he was hospitalised with a sprained ankle. In August 1917 he suffered a serious gunshot wound to his leg and was evacuated to hospital in England, rejoining his unit in January 1918. In May 1918 he contracted influenza and was again hospitalised in England. He was then granted ‘special 1914 leave’ and returned home aboard the Port Hacking. He disembarked at Melbourne on January 27th 1919 and was discharged on March 28th.

Lucas’s Staffs Appreciation of Brave Men, the original Avenue register, records his name as Jack Mounsey.