MOLLOY, Mervyn Samuel
Service Numbers: | Q128385, QX58952, QX58952, |
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Enlisted: | 10 April 1942 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 61 Infantry Battalion AMF |
Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 12 July 1920 |
Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 30 July 1989, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Warrill Park Lawn Cemetery, Qld |
Memorials: | Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall WW2 |
World War 2 Service
10 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q128385, 51 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
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24 Jul 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q128385, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Townsville per Bontiko | |
15 Jun 1943: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
27 Aug 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q128385, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Townsville to Port Moresby per Katoomba | |
9 Oct 1943: | Involvement Private, Q128385, also QX58952 | |
9 Oct 1943: | Involvement Private, QX58952, also Q128385 | |
9 Oct 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX58952, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
9 Oct 1943: | Enlisted | |
2 Dec 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX58952,, 61st Infantry Battalion , ex Port Moresby to Cairns per Canberra | |
27 Jul 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX58952, 61st Infantry Battalion , ex Cairns to Madang per Katoomba | |
20 Nov 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX58952,, 61st Infantry Battalion , ex Madang to Bougainville per Cape Victory | |
29 Mar 1946: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX58952, 43 Port Landing Craft Company, ex Rabaul to Sydney per Katoomba | |
26 Jun 1946: | Discharged | |
26 Jun 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX58952, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Mervyn was the youngest of three children of Samuel (Joe E Brown) Molloy (born 1898 in Ipswich, QLD and Alice Malvina Harvey (born 1896 in Ipswich, QLD). Samuel was said to look like Joe E Brown from the comics of the era, and was known as a gambler, piano player and cyclist. Samuel worked as a Coal Miner.
Mervyn was a Labourer in Ipswich, QLD when he enlisted in the Army in October 1943. He served as a Private (Service No:QX58592/Q128385) with 61 Infantry Battalion in New Guinea and was Discharged in June 1946. Uncle Ernest James Munt (Service Nos:8954, Q187592) served in both wars, and older brother Ernest (Heck) James Molloy (Service No:Q59828) served in WWII.
Mervyn was working as a Labourer in Ipswich, QLD when he married Dulcie in 1950. The couple remained in Ipswich, Mervyn working as a Labourer until his death in 1989.