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Lewis Harvey MOAR

Regimental number5383
Date of birth28 July 1896
Place of birthMilang South Australia
ReligionChurch of Christ
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressMilang, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19.6
Height5' 6"
Weight112 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Isabella Moar, Milang, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 6 months in the 76th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; thereafter lived in exempt area under the Compulsory Military Training scheme; previously rejected for AIF enlistment on account of deficient teeth.
Enlistment date4 May 1916
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 12 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Veterinary Corps
FateReturned to Australia 1 February 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date10 May 1918
Family/military connectionsBrother: 11067 Lance Corporal Arthur James MOAR, 43rd Bn, killed in action, 31 July 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Balmoral Castle', 1 February 1918; discharged (medically unfit: chronic bronchitis, rheumatism), Adelaide, 10 May 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death10 February 1968
Age at death71
Place of burialCentennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, MOAR Lewis Harvey

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