James Thomas Molloy (1909 - 1980)

Born 21 Mar 1909 in Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand

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Died 5 Oct 1980 at age 71 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Biography

James was born in 1909. Parents James Molloy and Emma Foxcroft.

Occupation(s): Postal assistant, postman, and civil servant.

World War Two Rank was Signalman / Signaller and unit was 2nd Divisional Signals (served in North Africa and Italy). Prisoner of War held in Germany and Italy. Service number 47111.

He passed away in 1980.

Sources

• BDM NZ Birth Registration Number: 1909/20778, Family Name: Molloy, Given Name(s): James Thomas, Mother's Given Name(s): Emma Christina, Father's Given Name(s): Peter James. www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
• BDM NZ Death Registration Number: 1980/50228, Family Name: Molloy, Given Name(s): James Thomas, Date of Birth: 21 March 1909. www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
• Archives NZ Archway Database: Christchurch Probate files. Title: MOLLOY James Thomas - Greymouth and Christchurch - Retired Civil Servant, Date: 1980, Last Dept Responsible: Christchurch High Court, Held: Chch.
• New Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940-1945 (ancestry.com). Name: James Thomas Molloy, Gender: Male, Residence Place: Greymouth, New Zealand, Inferred Residence Year: 1940, Publication Date: 4 Dec 1940. 273536 Molloy, James Thomas, postal assistant, 7 Buccleugh St, Greymouth. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com.au/imageviewer/collections/6166/images/42024_b0154333-00543
• New Zealand, World War II Army Nominal Rolls, 1939-1948 (ancestry.com). Name: James Thomas Molloy, Embarkation: 1941, Army Number: 47111, Last Residence: Greymouth, New Zealand, Relative Name: Mrs E C Molloy, Relationship: Mother, Nominal Roll: 1 Jul 1941 - 30 Sep 1941. [Rank: Sgmn, Unit: 2 Div Sigs.] https://www.ancestrylibrary.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1832/images/31839_224122__0013-00041
• Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/159621
• Paperspast website. PRESS, VOLUME LXXXI, ISSUE 24574, 24 MAY 1945, PAGE 6. PRISONERS NOW SAFE. "PERSONNEL OF 2ND N.Z.E.F. (P.A.) WELLINGTON, May 22. The following lists of personnel of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force who were prisoners of war and are now safe were issued to-day: Molloy, Sgmn. James Thomas, Greymouth..." https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19450524.2.56

See also:

• The New Zealand Army’s Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals is celebrating its 100th birthday today although organising the party has not been a simple affair. 01 JUNE, 2021. https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/army-signallers-celebrate-100-years-of-history-and-service/
• World War 2 New Zealand signaller repairing a communication line, Tripoli, Libya - Photograph taken by H Paton. New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency. Ref: DA-02835-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23063470
• The Royal New Zealand Signals Corps (RNZSigs) provides, co-ordinates and operates the communications networks of the New Zealand Army. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Corps_of_Signals
• 'Prisoners of War', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/second-world-war/prisoners-of-war, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 5-Aug-2014 "During the Second World War New Zealanders in large numbers became prisoners of war, or went 'into the bag' as they popularly called it."
• https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/popular-searches/pow