MOLLOY, John
| Service Number: | 184 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 February 1915, Place of Enlistment, Innisfail, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Birr, Kings County, Ireland , May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Innisfail, Cassowary Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Dysenteric Abscess on liver, Northumberland War Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, United Kingdom, 11 January 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Ashburton Roman Catholic Cemetery, Gosforth Ashburton Roman Catholic Cemetery, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Innisfail Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 184, 25th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Innisfail, Queensland. | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 184, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 184, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 184, 25th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 11th January…… Walter John Molloy was born at Birr, King’s Co., Ireland around 1891.
According to information provided by his father for the Roll of Honour - John Molloy came to Australia when he was 17 years old.
John Molloy enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 18th February, 1915 as a 24 year old, single, Labourer from Innisfail, North Queensland.
He was written up four times while in Camp in Queensland for either being Absent without Leave or using obscene & insulting language to a N.C.O.
Private John Molloy embarked from Brisbane, Queensland on HMAT Aeneas (A60) on 29th June, 1915 with the 7th Infantry Brigade, 25th Infantry Battalion “A” Company.
He embarked from Alexandria on 4th September, 1915 to join M.E.F. (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) on Gallipoli Peninsula.
On 16th October, 1916 Private Molloy was sent sick to 7th Field Ambulance at Gallipoli. He was transferred 16th Casualty Clearing Station at Anzac then transferred to Mudros on Hospital Ship Delta with influenza. Private Molloy was admitted to 21st General Hospital at Alexandria on 20th October, 1915 with Enteric. He was reported as “dangerously ill” with Enteric at Alexandria on 22nd October, 1915. Private Molloy was taken of the “dangerously ill” list on 20th October, 1915 at 25th General Hospital, Alexandria.
He was transferred to No. 2 Australian General Hospital at Cairo on 20th December, 1915 with Pneumonia. Private Molloy was transferred to Australian & New Zealand Convalescent Depot at Helouan on 23rd December, 1915 & discharged to Base at Cairo on 1st January, 1916.
Private Molloy was posted to Overseas Base at Cairo on 1st January, 1916.
He was admitted to No. 4 Auxiliary Hospital at Abbassia on 15th May, 1916 with Sunstroke & discharged to duty on 13th May, 1916.
On 25th May, 1916 Private Molloy was admitted to No. 4 Auxiliary Hospital - cause N.Y.D. (not yet determined). He was reported as suffering from Enteric on 25th May, 1916 & transferred to Ras-el-tin. Private Molloy was admitted to B.R.C. Hospital at Montazah on 26th June, 1916. He was discharged on 12th July, 1916 to 2nd Divisional Base Details at Tel-el-Kebir.
He proceeded overseas from Alexandria on 29th July, 1916 on Arcadian to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). He was reported at Rollestone, Wiltshire, England on 15th August, 1916 ready to proceed to France. Private Molloy was marched in the Base at France on 17th August, 1916 & rejoined his Battalion in France on 14th September, 1916.
Private Molloy was admitted to 12th Field Ambulance on 5th October, 1916 with Pneumonia. He was transferred to 15th Casualty Clearing Station the same day with Pleurisy. Private Molloy was transferred to 2nd Australian General Hospital on 13th October, 1913 with Pleurisy.
He embarked on Hospital Ship Jan Breydel from Calais, France on 14th October, 1916 for England with Pleurisy & was admitted to Northumberland War Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England on 15th October, 1916 with acute Pleurisy.
Mr Joseph Molloy, father of Private John Molloy, of Irving Street, Auchenflower, Brisbane, Queensland, wrote to Base Records on 21st December, 1916 having seen Casualty List No 254 published in the newspaper where his son Private John Molloy was listed as dangerously ill (3rd Occasion). Mr Molloy was requesting that his son be sent back to Australia “as soon as his state of health admits”. Base Records replied that the Australian Units abroad were under control of the responsible Military Authorities there & that his return to Australia would be authorised should his condition of health justify it.
Private John Molloy died at 3 am on 11th January, 1917 at Northumberland War Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England from Dysenteric Abscess on liver.
He was buried in Ashburton Roman Catholic Cemetery, Gosforth where one other Australian WW1 Soldier is buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/gosforth.html
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