MORIARTY, Orpen Boyd
| Service Number: | NX125 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 October 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia, 25 December 1906 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Department Manager |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Crete, Greece, 22 May 1941, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Suda Bay War Cemetery (Souda Bay) Greece Plot 1, Row C, Grave 4 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Captain, NX125 | |
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| 25 Oct 1939: | Enlisted NX125, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion |
World War 1 Service
| 22 May 1941: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, NX125, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Orpen Boyd MORIARTY was born in Braidwood, NSW on 25th September, 1906
He was the only son of Nathaniel Stephen Powell MORIARTY & Isabella Lockhart Joan MOREHEAD who married in Sydney in 1906
He married Barbara Ierne (Biddy) GOFF in St James Anglican Church in Sydney on 26th November, 1927
Orpen was Killed in Action in Retima, Crete, Greece on 22nd May, 1941 and is buried in the Suda Bay War Cemetery
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His Father Nathaniel Stephen Powell MORIARTY served as a Captain in the 41st Infantry Battalion during WW1 & returned to Australia but died a few years later
His Wife Barbara also served during WW2 (see link for details)
IN MEMORY
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