Mervyn Samuel MOLLOY

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MOLLOY, Mervyn Samuel

Service Numbers:	Q128385, QX58952, QX58952,
Enlisted:	10 April 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	61 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 12 July 1920
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 30 July 1989, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Warrill Park Lawn Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:	Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall WW2

World War 2 Service

10 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q128385, 51 Infantry Battalion AMF
24 Jul 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q128385, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Townsville per Bontiko
15 Jun 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF
27 Aug 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q128385, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Townsville to Port Moresby per Katoomba
9 Oct 1943:	Involvement Private, Q128385, also QX58952
9 Oct 1943:	Involvement Private, QX58952, also Q128385
9 Oct 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX58952, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF
9 Oct 1943:	Enlisted
2 Dec 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX58952,, 61st Infantry Battalion , ex Port Moresby to Cairns per Canberra
27 Jul 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX58952, 61st Infantry Battalion , ex Cairns to Madang per Katoomba
20 Nov 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX58952,, 61st Infantry Battalion , ex Madang to Bougainville per Cape Victory
29 Mar 1946:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX58952, 43 Port Landing Craft Company, ex Rabaul to Sydney per Katoomba
26 Jun 1946:	Discharged
26 Jun 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX58952, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Mervyn was the youngest of three children of Samuel (Joe E Brown) Molloy (born 1898 in Ipswich, QLD and Alice Malvina Harvey (born 1896 in Ipswich, QLD). Samuel was said to look like Joe E Brown from the comics of the era, and was known as a gambler, piano player and cyclist. Samuel worked as a Coal Miner.

Mervyn was a Labourer in Ipswich, QLD when he enlisted in the Army in October 1943. He served as a Private (Service No:QX58592/Q128385) with 61 Infantry Battalion in New Guinea and was Discharged in June 1946. Uncle Ernest James Munt (Service Nos:8954, Q187592) served in both wars, and older brother Ernest (Heck) James Molloy (Service No:Q59828) served in WWII.

Mervyn was working as a Labourer in Ipswich, QLD when he married Dulcie in 1950. The couple remained in Ipswich, Mervyn working as a Labourer until his death in 1989.

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