MOLONEY, John Robert
| Service Number: | 4495 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, August 1879 |
| Home Town: | Fairfield Park, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Hydatid Disease, Hursley Camp Military Hospital, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, 15 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Hursley (All Saints) Church Cemetery Hursley (All Saints) Church Cemetery, Hursley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Employees Ass. Pictorial HR |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4495, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4495, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 29 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4495, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne |
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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
Died on this date – 15th December..... John Robert Moloney was born at Ballarat, Victoria in mid-1879. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 15th January, 1916 as a 36 year old, married, Labourer from Fairfield, Victoria.
Private John Robert Maloney (Surname as per Nominal/Embarkation Roll) embarked from Melbourne on RMS Orontes on 29th March, 1916 with the 6th Infantry Brigade, 22nd Infantry Battalion, 11th Reinforcements.
Private Moloney proceeded overseas from 6th Training Brigade, England to France on 10th September, 1916 & joined 22nd Battalion on 5th October, 1916.
Private Moloney was suffering from Debility at 3rd Stationary Hospital at Rouen, France on 28th November, 1916. He embarked from Havre on Hospital Ship Gloucester Castle for England on 3rd December, 1916 & was admitted to Hursley Camp Military Hospital, near Winchester, Hampshire, England on 3rd December, 1916 sick (Slight). The Hospital Admissions from states the disease as “Tuberculosis” – “General abdominal Tuberculosis”. He was reported as seriously ill with Hydatid Disease on 11th December, 1916. Private Maloney was reported as dangerously and seriously ill on 12th December, 1916.
Private John Robert Moloney died at 6.30 pm on 15th December, 1916 at Hursley Camp Military Hospital, Hampshire, England from Hydatid Disease. The “Field Service” form has the cause of death as “Died of Disease (Hydatis)” whereas the “Morning State of Sick” form has the cause of death as Phthisis.
Private John Robert Moloney was buried on 21st December, 1916 in All Saints Churchyard Extension Cemetery, Hursley, Hampshire, England.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/hursley---all-saints...
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