MALONE, WILLIAM GEORGE (1859-1915) was educated privately in England and France and arrived in New Zealand in 1880. For two years he served in the Armed Constabulary and thereafter farmed in the Taranaki bush country (1883-93). Malone was chairman of the Ngaire road board and a member of the Hawera county council and of the Taranaki hospital and charitable board (1885-90), and clerk and treasurer of the Stratford county council (1890-97). Having meanwhile commenced to read law, he was admitted a solicitor (1894) and barrister (1899), and established the legal firm of Malone, McVeagh and Anderson, of New Plymouth, Stratford and Inglewood.

He was a keen volunteer, being captain of H company of the Taranaki Regiment (1900), and adjutant (1903). When the war of 1914-18 broke out, he volunteered for service and was appointed to command the 1st battalion Wellington Regiment in the Expeditionary Force; was in the fighting on the Suez canal, Senussi and Gallipoli, and was killed on 8 Aug 1915. He was a fine soldier and disciplinarian, and created a noteworthy esprit de corps.

Who's Who N.Z., 1908; 50 Years Rugby in Taranaki, 1885 (p); Studholme.

Reference: Volume 2, page 27

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