MALADY, John Francis
| Service Numbers: | 961, 3920 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914, Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Koroit, Victoria, April 1886 |
| Home Town: | Port Fairy, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Suicide, Boorcan, Victoria, 14 August 1921 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 961, Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 961, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 961, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 961, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 Nov 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 961, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3920, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| 25 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 3920, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 25 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 3920, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne | |
| 20 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3920, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
Some Old Info
John Malady Developed Melancholy from his previous war service in the 8th Battalion and then the 2nd and 5th Tunnelling Company in France. He started Drinking more after his return in 1919 as he was Discharged Medically Unfit. He then took his own life in Boorcan Which used to be a town in Victoria. In a Quarry his body was found with a belt fastened round his right arm. his father James Malady then Confirmed it was his son. John was a Bachelor from Port Fairy
Submitted 15 November 2020 by Baley Tucker
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"...3920 Sapper John Malady, No 5 Tunnelling Company who was a 29 year old labourer from Port Fairy, Victoria when he enlisted and embarked for overseas from Melbourne on 25 May 1916 aboard HMAT Warilda. While serving in France with the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company, he suffered several bouts of pleurisy before returning to Australia on 5 September 1919. He had previously enlisted on 27 August 1914 (service number 961) and embarked for overseas with the 8th Battalion from Melbourne on 19 October 1914 aboard HMAT Benalla. While serving in Egypt, he was taken ill, returned to Australia and discharged medically unfit on 8 November 1915..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
"ANZAC" FOUND STRANGLED. SOUTH-EASTERN BORDER
August 30.- John Francis Malady, a returned soldier, was found lying dead in a quarry on the side of the Camperdown road. A leather strap was fastened tightly around the neck, and wound around the right arm, as if the man had been holding it tightly to strangle himself. In his possession, there was a military discharge showing that he had belonged to the 8th Battalion, of which only a remnant returned to Australia. He also wore the Gallipoli Star, and a gold medal presented to him by the citizens of Port Fairy on his return from the war. The deceased was one of the first to enlist, and was on active service for four years. It was known that he had been subject to fits of melancholy since his return. The police made a thorough search in the vicinity of the quarry, but found no traces of a struggle, and there were no suspicious marks of violence on the body." - from the Adelaide Observer 10 Sep 1921 (nla.gov.au)
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