MALONEY, John Bernard
| Service Numbers: | 2113, N257083 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 March 1916, Signed up 3 weeks prior to his 19th birthday |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 24th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 20 April 1897 |
| Home Town: | Scone, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Heart Failure, Killarney Vale, New South Wales, Australia, 30 March 1973, aged 75 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wamberal Cemetery, NSW General Section plot 67 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2113, 34th Infantry Battalion, Signed up 3 weeks prior to his 19th birthday | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2113, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2113, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 3 May 1942: | Enlisted N257083, 24th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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| 2 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, N257083, 24th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by chris rowland
Born in Scone NSW on 20th April 1897 the second child of 8 to William Stephen & Mary Maloney, a drover and his wife, family made up of 6 boys 2 girls, he stood 5'10" tall fair complexion grey/green eyes brown hair, like his father William held strong work ethics & obviously a love of country.
On his return from Belgium he found his way back to the Hunter and the girl he left here 4 years earlier, they married and started life at Aberdeen NSW where 3 of his 4 children were born. About 1925 they moved to Campsie bought a home and settled down, where a 4th baby came into the unit making 2boys 2 girls,John took up a position with the PMG, later moved on to the OTC where he held the position of driver in charge of Commonwealth fleet of vehicles, and was driver to the "Star1" registered vehicle, he held this position until retirement in 1961. He was a strong advocate of home ownership, took great interest in the advancement of his children & grandchildren - of which he had 11, he was easy to hold conversation with, did right by everyone admired & respected by all who knew him, did not know him to speak ill of anyone, he never spoke of his enlistment in WW1 - in 1942 at the age of 45 was involved in the reserves for WW2 but did not depart the country
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