Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
21
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
21st Bn.
Birth:
December 22, 1895
Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment:
August 5, 1916
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
November 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 23.
Additional information
Son of Ellen and William Maloney of Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant John Francis Maloney
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Photo of John Francis Maloney
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War Graves Register
Lt. John Francis Maloney of the 21st Infantry Battalion was a soldier of the Canadian Expeditionary Force with "No Known Grave" from 1917 until the case was resolved by CEFSG Member Al Lloyd in 2009. Lt. Maloney was the only Lieutenant of the 21st Battalion missing and on the Menin Gate Memorial. His original War Graves Register, as shown here, still indicates he is listed on the Menin Gate Memorial. -
Circumstances of Death
This is the "Circumstance of Death / Casualty" that recorded the death of Lt. Maloney near Passchendaele, Belgium on November 9, 1917. -
Graves Registration Report Form
Lt. John Francis Maloney of the 21st Infantry Battalion was a soldier of the Canadian Expeditionary Force with "No Known Grave" from 1917 until the case was resolved by CEFSG Member Al Lloyd in 2009. Lt. Maloney was the only Lieutenant of the 21st Battalion missing and on the Menin Gate Memorial. Once his grave site had been identified, the Graves Registration Report Form (GRRF) at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) was amended to record the new information. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … Lieutenant John Francis Maloney is also commemorated on the Menin Gate, Belgium ,,, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of JOHN FRANCIS MALONEY
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Francis Maloney
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Francis Maloney
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Francis Maloney
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Francis Maloney
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Francis Maloney
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Francis Maloney
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Francis Maloney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 289 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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