MULVEY, Roy Dadson
| Service Numbers: | Officer, N468940 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mayfield, Newcastle, New South Wales., 3 November 1889 |
| Home Town: | Mayfield East, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | East Maitland High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Died: | Netherlands, 15 August 1952, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Cook's Hill Superior Public School , Maitland High School Roll of Honour, Mayfield Public School Honour Roll, Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Lieutenant, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Lieutenant, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 3 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain | |
| 26 Oct 1917: | Honoured Military Cross, Third Ypres |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Jun 1944: | Enlisted N468940 |
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Obituary
Dr, R. D. Mulvey, formerly of Newcastle, died suddenly in England only three weeks after his second marriage. Dr, Mulvey, who was educated at East Maitland High School, was Government Medcal Officer for Bathurst at the time of his death, He was born in Newcastle in 1889.
He left for a holiday in the United States, England and the Continent in April, and recently married Miss Vera Clemo. He was to have sailed for Australia on Wednesday.
Dr. Mulvey obtained his B.A, and B.Sc. before World War I, and entered the N,S.W. Department of Education, He was awarded a scholarship to Cambridge University in research on the teaching
physics and chemistry in high schools, but did not take it, because he enlisted in the A.I.F.
Hie became a Captain, was Mentioned In Dispatches in 1916, and awarded the Military Cross in 1917.
He graduated in 1923, and was two years at Randwick Military Hospital before going to Oberon. In 1930 he went to Bathurst, where he also he became Medical Officer and Presldent of the Western Med
ical Association.
In 1938 he was appointed representative for the Medical Association on the Royal Commission on Insurance.
His first wife died 26 years ago, Dr. Mulvey is survived by sons John and Peter (Bathurst), and daughters, Mrs Colin Buchanan (Bathurst) and Mrs. H. H. Schlink (Dr. Margaret Mulvey, of Sydney).
Miss M, Mulvey, of Church street, Newcastle, is a sister Mr, Colin Christie, grandfather, was a Mayor of Newcastle.
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) 18 August 1952: 4. Web. 8 Jul 2021 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133195536>.
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