Patrick Joseph MALONEY

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MALONEY, Patrick Joseph

Service Number:	1421
Enlisted:	2 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Field Squadron Engineers
Born:	Moockra, South Australia, 27 December 1890
Home Town:	Hammond, Mount Remarkable, South Australia
Schooling:	Horseshoe Public School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of Illness (malaria), Damascus, Syria, 19 October 1918, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Georgetown Memorial Hall Honored Dead, Georgetown WW1 Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

2 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1421, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Adelaide, South Australia
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1421, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1421, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
27 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Field Squadron Engineers
28 Aug 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1421, 2nd Field Squadron Engineers
19 Oct 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1421, 2nd Field Squadron Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1421 awm_unit: 2nd Field Squadron, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-10-19

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Biography

"...1421 Private Patrick Joseph Maloney 9th Light Horse Regiment from Hammond, SA . Pte Maloney arrived in Egypt with the 11th Reinforcements to the 9th Light Horse Regiment on 7 February 1916. On 1 September 1917 he transferred to the 2nd Field Squadron, Australian Engineers as a Shoeing Smith and was promoted to Farrier Corporal on 25 May 1918. He died of malaria in the French Hospital, Damascus, on 19 October 1918." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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