Nui O'Malley
Lance Corporal · NZ #16372 · R1 Patrol
| Rank | Lance Corporal |
|---|---|
| Service number | NZ #16372 |
| Patrol | R1 Patrol |
| Regiment | 2nd NZ Divisional Cavalry Regiment |
| Born | 1910 |
| Died | 1942-11-17 |
| POW / KIA | KIA — R1 Patrol air attack |
| Record | https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C30296 |
What this roll records
Aged 32 at death. Buried/commemorated: Tripoli War Cemetery, Libya (12. D. 4.). Shepherd in civilian life. Embarked/served with 2nd Division Cavalry. Son of James O'Malley and Agnes Mabel O'Malley (nee Pullman); husband of Ethel Dorothy O'Malley, of Wairoa, Hawke's Bay. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
Patrol R1: "L/Cpl N. O'Malley", R1 Patrol navigator - killed when R1 Patrol was attacked by seven CR.42 fighters. Brendan O'Carroll, "The Long Range Desert Group in North Africa".
ROLL OF HONOUR: died on active service with the LRDG (2 NZEF) per W.B. Kennedy Shaw, "Long Range Desert Group" appendices. Appendix 2.
Cenotaph record linked. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
March 1942 roll (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy): Navigator
Killed in action 17 Nov 1942 at Wadi Tamet, Tripolitania — air attack by Italian CR.42 fighters during Capt L.H. Browne's R1 Patrol operation; buried with Capt M. Pilkington in a single grave on the western side of the wadi. Source: LRDG Operation Report No. 49 (Brendan O'Carroll).
The NZ Roll of Honour (Appendix I) gives his date of death as 18 November 1942; the date held here is 17 November 1942 (LRDG operation report).
The Kiwi Scorpions (Brendan O'Carroll): L-Cpl N. O'Malley — shepherd; born Havelock, 9 Oct 1910; killed in action, 18 Nov 1942.
The New Zealand navigator of R1 patrol, killed with an attached Arab Legion officer when the patrol was attacked from the air at Wadi Tamet, 18 November 1942. Source: ‘The Eighth Army Advance / Reconnaissance in Tunisia’, Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (NZ official war history).
Shepherd; born Havelock, 9 Oct 1910. Killed in action, 18 Nov 1942. Source: Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (biographical notes).
See him in the full roll →Where this comes from
- Additional sources (AWMM Online Cenotaph). Nominal Roll 2NZEF No. 4, p.269. Unit history: Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. External links: Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2169015; NZ War Graves: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/nui-omalley
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