Padre Moloney/2nd Leinster Reg.

[liverpool annie]

Rev John Patrick Molony
Born 6.10.1875
Mentioned in Despatches - London Gazette 12th March 1918, 27th August 1918 and 5th June 1919.
Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Military Cross

Chaplain 4th Class from 1.10.1910 serving at Aldershot in 1914
Chaplain 3rd Class from 25.3.1920 (temp 3rd Class from 6.1.1917 to 24.3.1920
Chaplain 2nd Class from 1.1.1921 - serving with Rhine Army.
Chaplain 1st Class from 15.4.1924

War Service 1914 - 21
France and Belgium 18.8.1914 to 6.10.1915
Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European Turkey and the Islands of the Aegean Sea -/2/1916 to -/3/1916
Eastern Expeditionary Force (E.E.F.) and Mesopotamia 5.5.1918 to 31.10.1918
Persia from -/6/1919
Wounded
Medals: 1914 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, OBE, Military Cross

Additional info from the Handbook of the Most Excelent order of the British Empire -

Molony, Rev. John Patrick, O.B.E., M.C., Born 6th October 1875, Son of Michael Molony, Civil Service. Educated St Edward's College, Liverpool, and St Joseph's College, Upholland. Senior Chaplain and Vicar-General, Mesoptamian Expetionary Force. War Work: August 1914, to May 1915, with 2nd Cavalry Divison, France. June 1915, to September 1915, with 2nd Battalion, The Leinster Regiment, 6th Divison; September 1915, wounded; February 1916 went to Salonica, on Hospital Ship, 'Massilia'; July, 1916 on Somme with 8th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment; rejoined 2nd Battalion, The Leinster Regiment, September 1916; wounded at Messines, 1917; May 5th to present time in Mespotamia. Awarded Military Cross, 1915. Address: 2 Elmhurst Road, Bruce Grove, London N17.

[trish1120]

 

Thank you Liverpool Annie.

Have not been able to do much today, am sick in bed with flu.

To everyone who has helped me I greatly appreciate it.

As I now know his Fathers name extra research to link his family to my Moloneys will be much easier.

Trish

[liverpool annie]

You're welcome !! 

[Ed A W]

Hi Trish,

If you are interested, I have two photographs of Father John Patrick Molony.  One shows him in his military uniform and the other in his priest clothing.  I also have photos of his father Michael Molony, his brother James Vincent Molony  and his sister Mary Catherine Molony as well as printed info about the family.

Cheers,

Ed ( Perth Western Australia )

[trish1120]

Hi Ed,
Greetings from Sydney!
Wow. I never expected a reply like yours after all these years since my original query.
I have been away for a couple of days and will get back to you tonight when I get Home and dig out my original info.
Yes, I am very interested as I have got no further with my Moloney line.

After you make 3 posts ( as you are a new member) we can exchange email addresses through the PM System.

Trish

[Ed A W]

Hi Trish,

Glad to hear from you. I guess we are distant cousins.

Michael Molony was my great grand father on my mother's side of the family. His daughter Mary Catherine
married Edward Finnegan in Belfast. He and his brothers were wine and spirit merchants in Dundee Scotland in the early 1900s. You can access this info from the Dundee postal directories which are on line. John Patrick's father, Michael Molony was a customs and excise officer who also spent some time in Dundee. If you were in the liquor trade, he would be a handy contact for the Finnegan boys.
 
Edward Finnegan and his brother in law James Vincent Molony came to W.A. aboard the SS Orient in 1906
and Mary Catherine and four kids followed on the RMS Ophir in 1910. J V Molony went to WW1 with the 1st AIF, first as a reinforcement at Gallipoli then was wounded at Pozieres on the Western Front and evacuated back to Australia.

Looking forward to sharing this stuff with you Trish.

Cheers,

Ed.

[trish1120]

Hi Ed,
Just reply to this on here and then I can PM you

[Ed A W]

Hi Trish,

Ready and waiting!

Cheers,

Ed.

[Mark.S]

Hello there,

I was interested to come across this dicsussion thread while doing some research on John Patrick Molony O.B.E., M.C.

You might like to know that the gallant Padre's medals are extant, as I own them! The medal group comprises;

- O.B.E.
- Military Cross
- 1914-15 Star
- British War Medal
- Interallied Victory Medal
- General Service Medal 1918. GV issue with clasp 'Iraq'

Attached find an image of the medal group (the forum posting restrictions on images have affected the quality of the image)

If anyone wantsa to exchange photographs / images with me, I will be happy to oblige - just ask.

As information.

Mark