Name of Ancestor: Laurence MOLLOY
Ancestor's date of birth: 01/01/1857
Ancestor's date of death: 01/01/1922
Cause of Death: Renal Failure
Service Number: Officer, no service number
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW Place of Enlistment: Sydney
Unit: 2 NSWMR
Rank attained in Boer War: 2LT, Date Effective: 01/01/1900
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): LTCOL, Date Effective: 01/01/1920
Murray Page: 110
Contingent: 2 NSWMR
Ship: Not known Date of Sailing: 01/01/1900
Memorial details: Buried at Waverley Cemetry
Decorations: Queen's SA Medal + 5 bars MSM & LS&GCM
Personal Characteristics: Not known
Reasons to go and fight: Was a regular soldier in the NSW Army - enlisted about 1880 when he arrived in Australia
Details of service in war: His military full service record has been hard to obtain. He was too old for WW1. He was the Adjt/QM of many CMF units in teh State & was good horseman.
He was the TO of 2 NSWMR during the Boer War.
