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| File Reference |
2D110
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| Name |
John Moloney |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Fairy Hall, O'Brien's Bridge
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| County |
Clare
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Notes |
Date of birth not on file but according to abstract from attestation form he was 20 years of age when joining the National Army on 15 May 1922.
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| Date of death |
1922-09-16
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| Place |
County Kerry
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| Notes |
Date of death given variously between 1922-08-10 and 1922-09-16 on the file - see subject information
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| Associated files in MSPA |
FA18;
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| Related files |
55387 subject's National Army service number;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Private
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| Division |
1 Western Division
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Major General Hogan; Captain McGrath;
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| National Army Service Number |
55387
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| Other Service Numbers |
7212020 British Army Royal Munster Fusiliers regimental number
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| Pension Claim |
No |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
OTHOther
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| Notes |
Partial dependents' gratuity
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyW2D110JOHNMOLONEY .pdf
Scanned/digital copyWFA18JOHNMOLONEY .pdf |
| File dates |
30 November 1922 - 20 October 1953
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Kate Moloney's receipt of a partial dependents' gratuity of £100 (one hundred pounds sterling) under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 in respect of her son National Army Private 55387 John Moloney.
Private John Moloney died as a result of an ambush in County Kerry during the Civil War. Sources on the file give various dates between 10 August and 16 September 1922 as the date of death and vary as to whether Private Moloney died at the ambush site or later in hospital from his wounds. Similarly the place of death is given variously as Bedford, County Kerry – said to be the ambush site - and Listowel, County Kerry. John Moloney had served with the British Army prior to joining the National Army on 15 May 1922.
File includes: original signed typed and copy typed correspondence and letters and related documentation (30 November 1922 - 2 March 1923 involving the Pension Issue Office, Ministry of Pensions, London, the National Army Office of the Adjutant General, Commandant General W. R.E. Murphy, G. O. C. Kerry Command, the Office of the Director General of Medical Service, Dublin, the Office of the Command Medical Office, Ballymullen Barracks, Tralee, County Kerry, and the Office of the Command Adjutant, Limerick Command, regarding verification of the date of death of former British Army Private 7212020 John Moloney of the Royal Munster Fusiliers; signed standard report dated 7 March 1924 from Defence Forces Adjutant General Lieutenant General Gearóid O'Suilleavain to the Secretary, Army Pensions Department regarding the date and circumstances of Private John Moloney's death; material relating to Garda Síochána investigation into the circumstances and means of the Moloney family and the degree of dependency of Kate Moloney on her son at the time of his death.
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