MOLLOY, Rody Aloysius
| Service Numbers: | QX56452, Q128290 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 17 November 1911 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Died: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 13 June 1972, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 7 Aug 1943: | Involvement Lance Corporal, Q128290, also QX56452 | |
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| 7 Aug 1943: | Involvement Lance Corporal, QX56452, also Q128290 | |
| 7 Aug 1943: | Enlisted | |
| 7 Aug 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, QX56452 | |
| 31 Jan 1946: | Discharged | |
| 31 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, QX56452 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Rody was the eldest of six children of John Aloysius Molloy (born 1882 in Ipswich, QLD) and Ann (Annie) Veronica Byrne (born 1884 in Ipswich, QLD). John was a Labourer in Ipswich, QLD when he and Annie married in 1910. They settled in Ipswich, QLD where John worked on the Railways as Striker, Following Annie's death in 1934, John remarried.
Rody was awarded a University Scholarship in January 1929 to study at the Teachers' Training College. He was a Teacher in Ipswich in 1939 when he married Mary Costello (born 1914 in Ipswich, QLD). Rody and Mary settled in Ipswich, and in August 1943 Rody enlisted in the Australian Army. He was a Lance Corporal (Service Nos:QX56452/Q128290) with 4 Field Coy when he was Discharged in January 1946. Brother Bernard (Private; Service No:Q107718) served with the ACMF.
Rody and Mary remained in Ipswich, QLD where Rody was a School Teacher. He died in 1972 and Mary in 1977.