MULLARKEY, Herbert William
| Service Number: | 1588 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 25 April 1887 |
| Home Town: | Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Lewisham High School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | School teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 August 1916, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board WW1 Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 1588, 4th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 1588, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney | |
| 18 Aug 1916: | Involvement 1588, 4th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1588 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1916-08-18 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Bert Mullarkey, a school teacher with the NSW Department of Education was well known in sporting circles, being a member of the St'. George's football First Grade Club. He was also a member of the St. George's Harrier Club (now extinct).
Brothers:
650 Pte Clarence MULLARKEY, 2nd Bn, served at the Landing, evacuated August 1915 with debility, returned to Australia, enteric, 11 March 1916;
2nd Lieutenant Nial Joseph MULLARKEY, 1st Bn, killed in action, 5 November 1916;
Lance Corporal Kevin Vincent MULLARKEY, 20th Bn, returned to Australia, 22 February 1917. Shot in the back at Pozieres 4 August 1916. Spinal wound, paralysis. Died of wounds 30 March 1918 Randwick Military Hospital NSW, still only 20 years of age.
Lieutenant James Charles Mullarkey 2nd Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia 13 February 1917, family reasons, after he asked for furlough as his wife died in 1916, and 2 of his brothers had been killed, the other 2 returned to Australia incapacitated. He was recommended for the MC but not awarded.
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