John Bede 'Jack' Moylan
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MOYLAN, John Bede ‘Jack’
Service no: 435 [1]
Place of birth: Crookwell
Address: Police Station, Rylstone
Occupation: Mounted policeman
Next of kin: A. H. Moylan (wife), Rockley, via Georges Plains
Date of enlistment: 1 September 1914
Place of enlistment: Sydney
Age at enlistment: 36
Fate: Embarked HMAT A16 Star of Victoria, Sydney, 20 October 1914. Admitted to No 1 General Hospital 15 August 1915 suffering from dysentery. Rejoined unit 3 October 1915. Awarded Military Cross 4 June 1916. Died of disease, pneumonia and nephritis.
Date of death: 28 September 1918
Buried: Gaza Military Cemetery, Palestine, Plot A, Grave 49
‘Jack’ Moylan had been a policeman in Orange for several years before the First World War. Born in Crookwell, Constable Moylan was stationed at Rylstone when the war broke out. According to the Leader, Moylan asked his wife Nellie “'I stand between love and duty, which must I obey?”, to which she replied "Duty! Do your duty, then come back to me”.
36 year old Moylan had been a Trooper with the NSW Lancers during the Boer War. He enlisted in Sydney in September 1914, joining the 1st Light Horse Regiment for training at Rosebury Park. He embarked HMAT A16 Star of Victoria at Sydney on 20 October 1914, disembarking in Egypt on 8 December 1914. Private Moylan was admitted to No 1 General Hospital at Harefield in England in August 1915 suffering from dysentery. He was hospitalised for two months, rejoining his unit in October.
In January 1916 Moylan was promoted to the rank of Captain, and was awarded the Military Cross on 4 June the same year.
On 23 November 1918 Captain Moylan was admitted to hospital, dangerously ill, suffering from pneumonia and nephritis. He died on 28 September and is buried in Gaza Military Cemetery in Palestine. His widow died in November 1922 at Bathurst.
