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MOLLOY, Jack
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX54829 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 5 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia , 4 April 1907 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 26 April 1944, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 16. Row A. Grave 11. Inscription: “HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE…SADLY MISSED BY LOVED FRIENDS IN HAY, N.S.W” |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX54829 | |
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| 5 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX54829 | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon, Captured and detained by the Japanese Occupation Force, at Tan Toey (Tantui) Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) Camp, Ambon Island. | |
| 26 Apr 1944: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Member of Gull Force, died on this date whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. Nature of death recorded as bacillary dysentery. |
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