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MOLONY, Leopold Thomas
Personal Details
Service Number: | 188 |
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Enlisted: | 14 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Quartermaster Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1882 |
Home Town: | Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Draper |
Died: | Died of wounds - gas gangrene of leg, At sea on board HS Sicilia, 29 June 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea Rev. E. Teale officiated Panel 5 Lone Pine Memorial |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
14 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Quartermaster Sergeant, 188, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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25 Feb 1915: | Involvement 188, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
25 Feb 1915: | Embarked 188, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
29 Jun 1915: | Involvement 188, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 188 awm_unit: 8 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Squadron Quartermaster awm_died_date: 1915-06-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Molony and Kate Elizabeth Molony nee McCann of Moray Street, Elsternwick, Victoria. Brother of Ada Molony, Alice Maud Molony, Kathleen Maud Molony, Ellen Agnes Molony, Patrick Henry Molony, John Francis Molony, Charles Edward Molony, and Mary Adelaide Molony
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal