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Leongatha & District
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HISTORY OF THE FORMER WOORAYL SHIRE
Dumbalk • Inverloch • Koonwarra • Leongatha • Meeniyan • Ruby
Tarwin Lower • Venus Bay • Walkerville
MOLONEY, William James
Number:
Private 713
21st Battalion
Newcastle, NSW
His mother Mrs. Ellen Moloney of Geelong
Geelong 4/4/1917
Age 28 years 6 months,
10 stone 9 pounds, grey eyes and brown hair.
Roman Catholic
Labourer
He was killed in action on 5/6/1918
He was buried in Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension Mericourt-L'Abbe Picardie France
He was from Meeniyan, Victoria and attended Meeniyan State School
4/4/17He enlisted in Geelong
30/10/17 He embarked Melbourne on HMAT Aenaes
27/12/17 He disembarked Devonport
1/4/18 He went to France
9/4/18 He joins his unit
5/6/18 He was killed in action
His effects were: � 2 photos, I purse, 4 cards, 1 YMCA wallet and a diary
The executor of his will was Thomas Hanley of Meeniyan. He left his estate to his mother.
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