MOLLOY, James
| Service Number: | NX71656 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 20 October 1903 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, Borneo, 3 May 1945, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX71656 | |
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| 24 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX71656 |
Service
NX71656 Private James Molloy, No. 1 Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo, having been transferred there from Singapore as a part of B Force. The 1494 POW's that made up B Force, were transported from Changi on 7 July 1942 on board the tramp ship Ubi Maru, arriving in Sandakan Harbour on 18 July 1942. Private Molloy, aged 41, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 3 May 1945. He was the son of James Patrick and Ella Molloy, and the husband of Emma Irene Molloy, of Campsie, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 24. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Submitted 25 April 2023 by Diahann Berlin
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