Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Laurence Molloy
Ancestor's date of birth: 10/1857
Ancestor's date of death: 1922
Cause of Death: Renal Failure
Service Number: Officer, no service number
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW Place of Enlistment: Sydney
Unit: 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Rank attained in Boer War: 2LT, Date Effective: 1900
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): LTCOL, Date Effective: 1920
Murray Page: 110
Contingent: Fifth New South Wales
Ship: Custodian, Date of Sailing: 17/03/1901
Memorial details: Buried at Waverley Cemetry
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with five clasps, Meritorious Service Medal, Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
Personal Characteristics: Height 172 cm.
Reasons to go and fight: Was a regular soldier in the NSW Army - enlisted 1886 when he arrived in Australia; at that point his profession was listed as 'steward'. He was the Adjt/QM of many militia units in New South Wales and was good horseman.
Details of service in the Boer war: Unit disembarked at Port Elizabeth on 17 April 1901. Served in the Western Transvaal from 23 April 1901 until 1 October of the same year, including capture of a Boer convoy on the Vaal on 24 May, and De La Rey's convoy of 106 wagons along with cattle and ammunition near Klerksdorp. Then from October 1901 until April 1902 in eastern Transvaal where they engaged in many night marches and captured 1,000 prisoners. For example a march from Brugspruit (near Witbank) over the Wilge River to Doornek and return, a distance of 145 kilometres on 11 March 1902. 2LT Molloy was the Transport Officer of 2 NSWMR. [Murray]
Service and life after the Boer War: Disembarked at Sydney 4 June 1902. Laurence Molloy continued to serve in the Army, passed No 1 School of infantry in 1903. His military service record only consists of two pages, his enlistment attestation 13 January 1886, and a record of schools and courses attended 1893 - 1903 (see below). He was too old for WW1.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: William Boyd Molloy RFD ED CLJ (Colonel RAAMC Ret'd),
Relationship to Ancestor: GrandsonName of Descendant: Adrian Molloy, Balgowlah North NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great GrandsonName of Descendant: Amelia faith Molloy, Balgowlah North NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: great great grand daughterName of Descendant: Isabella Birchall, North Turramurra NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grand DaughterName of Descendant: William Birchall, North Turramurra NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Great GrandsonName of Descendant: Tom Molloy, Balgowlah NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Great Grand SonName of Descendant: Alexandre Birchall, Turramurra NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Great Grand SonName of Descendant: Isaac Birchall, Turramurra NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Great Grand SonName of Descendant: Sophia Birchall, Turramurra NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Great Grand Daughter
