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Joseph Carmel O'Malley

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Joseph Carmel AWMM
  • Surname
    O'Malley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 13906 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 1940 AWMM South Hillend Road, Winton. AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs M. I. O'Malley (m.), South Hillend Road, Winton. AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 13906 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Charles O'Malley and of Minnie O'Malley (nee Kelly), of South Hillend, Southland AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    25 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM

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  • Remembering you Uncle Joe on this Anzac Day and your ultimate contribution during WW2. So sorry I never met you but do always remember you especially on this day. With love
    Public - Marie Rosaline - Direct descendant - 25 April 2020
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  • "lest we forget" . Never, Uncle Joe remembering you with love especially at this time again and placing another poppy for you for 2016. Remembering also your brother, my Dad Bernard Joseph (Bernie) O'Malley and your Uncles, my Great Uncles William (Bill) and Henry (Harry) Kelly.
    Public - Marie Rosaline - Direct descendant - 24 April 2016
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  • Remembering you my Uncle Joe. You gave your life for us. Your niece is so sad that you never lived to know you had become an Uncle and I never had the chance to meet you. My Dad was your brother Bernard (Bernie) who also fought in New Caledonia and I was born while he was overseas but he and I were lucky he returned home. You are always thought of and I have some lovely photos of you but especially at Anzac Day. I know your Uncles, my Great Uncles, fought in War before you and my Dad, Harry and Bill Kelly. Both were wounded and Great Uncle Harry lost a leg. As I write this I am wearing a small Memorial White Cross with a lovely poppy and green leaf on it. Thank you for such a supreme sacrifice so unfair on such a young man. Remembered by me always. Love your niece Marie Rosaline xx
    Public - Marie Rosaline - Other Relative - 19 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2123540
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Roll 3., pg. 360 AWMM
    • Pringle, D., & Glue, W. (1957). 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Norton, F. (1952). 26 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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25 April 2020Marie RosalineDunedin, New ZealandDirect descendant

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