Dec 22, 1895

Born at Calgary Alberta

Aug 5, 1916

Attested into the Depot Battery of the Artillery Ammunition Column at Ottawa Ontario 

Ø      Number 1258264

Ø      Next of kin given as Mrs Ellen Maloney (mother) of Britannia P.O., Ontario

o       Later noted to be Britannia Bay PO

Ø      Previous occupation given as Bank Clerk

Ø      Previous military experience given as 3 years in the GGFG (Governor General’s Foot Guard)

Ø      Religion given as Roman Catholic

Sep 30, 1916

Taken off payroll of the Artillery Ammunition Column

Oct 1, 1916

Shown on the payroll of the 72^nd Queen’s Battery, Canadian Field Artillery

Oct 31, 1916

AWL (Absent Without Leave) for 1 day

Jan 13, 1917

Appointed to rank of Provisional Bombardier (equivalent to rank of Corporal)

Feb 5, 1917

Discharged from the 72^nd Queen’s Battery CFA at Kingston Ontario 

Ø      Intended place of residence given as – Reinforcing Draft, 2^nd Battalion CEF

Ø      Reason for discharge – Taking a Commission in the Infantry

Feb 6, 1917

Officer’s Declaration for the 2^nd Battalion Reinforcing Draft signed at Kingston Ontario 

Ø      Given rank of Lieutenant

Ø      Next of kin given as Mrs Ellen Maloney (mother) of The Shefford, 300 Cooper St., Ottawa Ontario

o       Letter on file requests any notice be sent to Miss K Maloney (sister) instead of mother

Ø      Previous occupation given as Bank Clerk

Ø      Presently a member of the 49^th Hastings Regiment

Ø      Previous military experience given as 3 years GGFG

Ø      Religion given Roman Catholic

Mar 26, 1917

Embarked the SS Saxonia at Halifax

Note that the ship did not sail until 2 days later, on March 28

Apr 7, 1917

Disembarked at Liverpool England

Apr 8, 1917

TOS (Taken On Strength) 6^th Reserve Battalion

Jul 23, 1917

On Command to the OTB (Officer Training Battalion) at Seaford

Aug 17, 1917

Admitted to 2^nd Eastern General Hospital at Brighton with Scabies

Aug 21, 1917

Discharged from hospital 

Ceases to be On Command to the OTB.

Aug 22, 1917

Will made out leaving entire estate to Mrs Ellen Maloney (mother) at Britannia PO, via Ottawa Ontario

Aug 24, 1917

SOS (Struck Off Strength) 6^th Reserve Battalion on proceeding to the 21^st Battalion in France 

Embarked at Folkestone for France

Aug 26, 1917

Arrived at 2 CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base Depot) and TOS the 21^st Battalion, then same day left to join the 21^st Bttn

Aug 30, 1917

Joined the 21^st Battalion while they were in billets at Villers Au Bois France

Oct 11, 1917

Proceeded on course at the Lewis Gun School

Oct 30, 1917

Rejoined Battalion from course

Nov 9, 1917              Killed In Action

Because his body could not be identified when the burying parties arrived at a later date, he was buried as an Unknown Soldier and commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres Belgium.

 Given the time frame of the action that he was killed in, and after reviewing the casualties of the 21^st Battalion, I believe the grave shown below to be that of Lieut JF Maloney

White House Cemetery

Ypres Belgium

Mar 25, 1920

The Cross of Sacrifice, British War Medal and Victory Medal were sent to his mother, Mrs Ellen Maloney at The Shefford, 300 Cooper St., Ottawa Ontario

Aug 12, 1920

Application made by Mrs Ellen Maloney for the War Service Gratuity.  This was denied because there was no Separation Allowance assigned by Lieut Maloney

Feb 21, 1921

Death Scroll sent to William Maloney (father) at The Shefford, 300 Cooper St., Ottawa Ontario

The Death Plaque was sent December 8 of the same year

Lieut JF Maloney was a member of the congregation at St Patrick's Basilica in Ottawa Ontario, and is commemorated there.

That approval, along with the Canadian Office of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission recommendation was forwarded to the CWGC Head Office in England for action on replacing the grave marker with one that identifies the internee as Lieut John Francis Maloney, 21st Battalion Canadian Infantry, killed in action Nov 9, 1917.