Orpen Boyd MORIARTY

MORIARTY, Orpen Boyd

Service Number: NX125
Enlisted: 25 October 1939
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia, 25 December 1906
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Department Manager
Died: Killed in Action, Crete, Greece, 22 May 1941, aged 34 years
Cemetery: Suda Bay War Cemetery (Souda Bay) Greece
Plot 1, Row C, Grave 4
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Captain, NX125
25 Oct 1939: Enlisted NX125, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion

World War 1 Service

22 May 1941: Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, NX125, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Orpen Boyd MORIARTY was born in Braidwood, NSW on 25th September, 1906

He was the only son of Nathaniel Stephen Powell MORIARTY & Isabella Lockhart Joan MOREHEAD who married in Sydney in 1906

He married Barbara Ierne (Biddy) GOFF in St James Anglican Church in Sydney on 26th November, 1927

Orpen was Killed in Action in Retima, Crete, Greece on 22nd May, 1941 and is buried in the Suda Bay War Cemetery

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His Father Nathaniel Stephen Powell MORIARTY served as a Captain in the 41st Infantry Battalion during WW1 & returned to Australia but died a few years later

His Wife Barbara also served during WW2 (see link for details)

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