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Molloy, Henry MacDonald (3579)

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Place of Birth: Hobart, TAS

Age: 44 years 11 months

Enlistment Details: Monday, 9 August 1915 – Melbourne, VIC

Service Number: 3579            view online service record

Address:
8 Little Ingles Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Next of Kin:
Isabel Molloy (wife)
8 Little Ingles Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 5 January 1916
Ship: HMAT Afric A19
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 23rd Infantry Battalion – 8th Reinforcements

Fate:
KIA: Wednesday, 19 July 1916
Place: France

Private, 60 Infantry, killed in action 19 July, 1916, aged 45, commemorated VC Corner, Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France.

Parents: William and Mary MOLLOY, wife, Mrs Isabella Grace Molloy, born Hobart, educated SS. He enlisted with wife at 8 Little Ingles Street, shown as a 44-year-old coal lumper. Posted Missing, 19 July, 1916, confirmed killed in action as at that date in August, 1917. His widow returned the circular from 31 Ingles Street.

Additional research by Brian Membrey

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