MORIARTY, Harry Broughton
| Service Numbers: | 2941, 2941B |
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| Enlisted: | 5 June 1916, Goulburn, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, 24 January 1898 |
| Home Town: | Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Monaro Grammar School, Cooma |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Officers of the Bank of NSW Yass Branch Pictorial Honour Roll, Queanbeyan Avenue of Memory, Queanbeyan Fallen Soldiers War Memorial, Queanbeyan Public School Great War Roll of Honor, Queanbeyan St. Raphael's War Memorial Church Memorial Walls, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Yass & District WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2941, 56th Infantry Battalion, Goulburn, NSW | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2941, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2941, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 23 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 2941B, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2941B awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
HARRY BROUGHTON MORIARTY was born on 24th January, 1898, at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, the son of Mr. Arthur William and Mrs. Nora Marion Moriarty. He received his education at the Monaro Grammar School, Cooma, joined the staff of the Bank at its Western Branch on 16th June, 1915, and was transferred from there to Yass on 3rd July following.
Harry Broughton Moriarty enlisted as a private in the A.I.F. in June, 1916, and was assigned to the 56th Battalion, subsequently embarking for France where he was on active service. He transferred to the 19th Battalion and was reported as killed in action at Bullecourt on 3rd May, 1917.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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