Wilfred Lawrence MOLLOY

MOLLOY, Wilfred Lawrence

    Service Number: 168
    Enlisted: 27 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 39th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Kew, Victoria, Australia, 1889
    Home Town: Mirboo, South Gippsland, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farm Hand
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 June 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 25, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 168, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
    27 May 1916: Involvement Private, 168, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    27 May 1916: Embarked Private, 168, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
    7 Nov 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 39th Infantry Battalion, IN the field
    25 Dec 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 39th Infantry Battalion, IN the field
    6 May 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 39th Infantry Battalion, In the field
    8 Jun 1917: Involvement 168, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 168 awm_unit: 39th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-06-08

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Next of kin given as his cousin John Cahir of Glenferrie Road, Malvern, Victoria

    Brother of Leo Regis Molloy and Mary Molloy both of 81 MErton Street, Albert Park, Victoria

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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