Niall Joseph MULLARKEY

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MULLARKEY, Niall Joseph

Service Number:	900
Enlisted:	28 August 1914, Randwick
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 28 March 1895
Home Town:	Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	St Josephs College Hunters Hill & Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Student
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 5 November 1916, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
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World War 1 Service

28 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 900, 1st Infantry Battalion, Randwick
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 900, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 900, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
19 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Niall Joseph MULLARKEY was born in Sydney on 28th March, 1895

His parents were Frederick Patrick MULLARKEY & Elizabeth Agnes ENGLISH who married in Sydney in 1884

He had previously served in St Josephs College Trainees (CMF) before enlisting on 28th August, 1914 to serve during WW1 in the 1st Infantry Battalion.

He was selected in Egypt to attend the Zeitoun School and commissioned to the 7th Battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers on 19th April, 1915. He was appointed Machine Gun Officer and went to Serbia & took part in the retreat. He was transferred to the AIF and rejoined the 1st Infantry Battalion as a 2nd Lieutenant on 19th September 1916 at the Somme & was Killed in Action at Flers on 5th November, 1916.

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Four of his brothers also served during WW1

1. Clarence MULLARKEY (SN 650) 2nd Infantry Battalion - returned to Australia on 11th March, 1916

2. Herbert William MULLARKEY (SN 1588) 4th Infantry Battalion - Killed in Action on 18th August, 1916

3. James Charles MULLARKEY (SN 1047) 2nd Pioneer Battalion - returned to Australia on 13th February, 1917

4. Kevin Vincent MULLARKEY (SN 1365) 20th Infantry Battalion - returned to Australia on 22nd February, 1917

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