William Maloney

History

William Malone was b0rn at Warrenheip in 1877, the youngest surviving child of William Maloney and Bridget McInerney. He was educated at Warrenheip State School, the worked at local properties. Before enlisting for service during Wolrd War One he was employed as manager for Mrs Catherine Dwyer at Willow Vale farm at Dunnstown.

Enlsisting at Ballarat on 10 July 1915 William Maloney (RN 4253) was posted to the 14th Infantry Battalion. He fought during the First Battle of Bullecourt on 11 April 1917 and he was captured by the enemy and taken as a prisoner of war, and was held at the Dulmen Prisoner of War Camp in Germany. At the war ended William Maloney was released and repatriated to England. He then travelled home to Australia onboard the transport Derbyshire reaching Melbourne on 22 April 1919.

In 1922, William was successful in his application for a soldier settlement block at Red Cliffs near Mildura. He was granted the lease on Block 443, a property of 16½-acres, which was designated for use in irrigation and he intended to grow citrus and grape vines. By 1928, William was struggling to make headway in his own personal ‘battle to farm,’ and he relinquished his property in a transfer to Michael James Barry. He returned to teh Warrenheip distict and worked as a farm labourer, he spent a great deal of his time picking the plentiful potato crops around Navigators, Leigh Creek and Dunnstown.

He died at Warrenheip in February 1959 and was buried at the Ballaarat New Cemetery with his brother Timothy who had died eight years earlier, on 11 February. The grave is in Roman Catholic Ground D, Section 08, Row 1, Grave 10.

Legacy

World War One service recognised on the Ballarat Avenue of Honour.

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--Beth Kicinski 12:49, 23 August 2013 (EST); --Clare K.Gervasoni 20:07, 23 April 2022 (AEST)