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John Robert MOLONEY

Regimental number4495
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressMansfield Street, Fairfield, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation36
Height5' 10.25"
Weight125 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Sarah Moloney, Mansfield Street, Fairfield, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 January 1916
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Orontes on 29 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateDied of disease 15 December 1916
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialHursley Cemetery, Hampshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
97
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary MOLONEY; husband of Sarah MOLONEY, 36 Martin Street, Northcote, Victoria. Native of Camperdown, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Proceeded overseas to France from England, 10 September 1916.

Admitted to 3rd Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 28 November 1916 (debility). Invalided to England, 3 December 1916, admitted to Hursley Camp Military Hospital (near Winchester, Hampshire), 11 December 1916. Died of disease (hydatids), 15 December 1916; buried, 21 December 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, MOLONEY John Robert

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