Regimental number | 1588 |
Place of birth | Darlington, Sydney, New South Wales |
School | Lewisham High School, Sydney, New South Wales |
Other training | School Teacher, NSW Education Dept. |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Avoca, Station Street, Kogarah, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 27.7 |
Height | 5' 9" |
Weight | 142 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs E Mullarkey, Avoca, Station Street, Kogarah, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Sergeant |
Unit name | 4th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/21/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Company Sergeant Major |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Well known St George NSW Amateur Athlete and Rugby Union Footballer. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | Name entered as Hubert William MULLARKEY on Nominal Roll. |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 29 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France Villers-Bretonneux is a village about 15 km east of Amiens. The Memorial stands on the high ground ('Hill 104') behind the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy, which is about 2 km north of Villers-Bretonneux on the east side of the road to Fouilloy. The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is approached through the Military Cemetery, at the end of which is an open grass lawn which leads into a three-sided court. The two pavilions on the left and right are linked by the north and south walls to the back (east) wall, from which rises the focal point of the Memorial, a 105 foot tall tower, of fine ashlar. A staircase leads to an observation platform, 64 feet above the ground, from which further staircases lead to an observation room. This room contains a circular stone tablet with bronze pointers indicating the Somme villages whose names have become synonymous with battles of the Great War; other battle fields in France and Belgium in which Australians fought; and far beyond, Gallipoli and Canberra. On the three walls, which are faced with Portland stone, are the names of 10,885 Australians who were killed in France and who have no known grave. The 'blocking course' above them bears the names of the Australian Battle Honours. After the war an appeal in Australia raised £22,700, of which £12,500 came from Victorian school children, with the request that the majority of the funds be used to build a new school in Villers-Bretonneux. The boys' school opened in May 1927, and contains an inscription stating that the school was the gift of Victorian schoolchildren, twelve hundred of whose fathers are buried in the Villers-Bretonneux cemetery, with the names of many more recorded on the Memorial. Villers-Bretonneux is now twinned with Robinvale, Victoria, which has in its main square a memorial to the links between the two towns. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 41 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Fredrick and Elizabeth MULLARKEY, KogarAh, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 650 Pte Clarence MULLARKEY, 2nd Bn, returned to Australia, 11 March 1916; 2nd LT Nial Joseph MULLARKEY, 1st Bn, killed in action, 5 November 1916; Lance Corporal Kevin Vincent MULLARKEY, 20th Bn, returned to Australia, 22 February 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 26 May 1915. Disembarked Alexandria from Mudros, 29 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation). Appointed Company Sergeant Major, 1 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 23 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 30 March 1916. Found guilty, 2 June 1916, of overstaying leave, 25 to 30 May 1916: reprimanded, and forfeited 6 days' pay under Royal Warrant. Killed in action, 18 August 1916. Buried between Pozieres and Mouquet Farm; grave subsequently lost. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, MULLARKEY Herbert William |