Patrick James MOYNIHAN

Constable Patrick James Moynihan was born in Allora and worked on the railways at Wallangarra before joining the Queensland Police. Private Moynihan gained a leave of absence and embarked aboard the HMAT Themistocles A32 on 22 December 1914 as part of the 9th Infantry Battalion. He served with the rest of his Battalion in Egypt before being ordered to Gallipoli. The 9th Battalion as part of the 3rd Brigade was part of the covering force that was first to land at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. According to field reports Moynihan and others advanced too far; he was shot in the head and killed during the retreat that followed. Moynihan's body was never recovered; he is believed to have been buried by the Turkish army. He was 26 years old.