Regimental number | 880 |
Place of birth | Port Fairy, Victoria |
School | State School, Port Fairy, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Albert Street, Port Fairy, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 7" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | T. Moore, Albert Street, Port Fairy, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 4th Light Horse Regiment, 4th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/9/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France Villers-Bretonneux is a village about 15 km east of Amiens. The Memorial stands on the high ground ('Hill 104') behind the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy, which is about 2 km north of Villers-Bretonneux on the east side of the road to Fouilloy. The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is approached through the Military Cemetery, at the end of which is an open grass lawn which leads into a three-sided court. The two pavilions on the left and right are linked by the north and south walls to the back (east) wall, from which rises the focal point of the Memorial, a 105 foot tall tower, of fine ashlar. A staircase leads to an observation platform, 64 feet above the ground, from which further staircases lead to an observation room. This room contains a circular stone tablet with bronze pointers indicating the Somme villages whose names have become synonymous with battles of the Great War; other battle fields in France and Belgium in which Australians fought; and far beyond, Gallipoli and Canberra. On the three walls, which are faced with Portland stone, are the names of 10,885 Australians who were killed in France and who have no known grave. The 'blocking course' above them bears the names of the Australian Battle Honours. After the war an appeal in Australia raised £22,700, of which £12,500 came from Victorian school children, with the request that the majority of the funds be used to build a new school in Villers-Bretonneux. The boys' school opened in May 1927, and contains an inscription stating that the school was the gift of Victorian schoolchildren, twelve hundred of whose fathers are buried in the Villers-Bretonneux cemetery, with the names of many more recorded on the Memorial. Villers-Bretonneux is now twinned with Robinvale, Victoria, which has in its main square a memorial to the links between the two towns. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 53 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Louisa MOORE, Albert Street, Port Fairy, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 2989 Pte James Joseph MOORE, 4th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 5 March 1919; 2990 Pte Thomas Matthew MOORE, 4th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 11 July 1917; 1608 Pte William John MOORE, 20th Bn, killed in action, 28 July 1916. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Sick to hospital, Gallipoli, 3 September 1915 (dysentery); transferred to HS 'Neuralia', and admitted to St Andrew's Hospital, Malta, 10 September 1915; transferred to England, 21 October 1915, and admitted to King George Hospital, Stamford St, London SE, 29 October 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 5 March 1916. Transferred to Cyclist corps, 20 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 25 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 30 March 1916. Taken on strength, 12 May 1916. Attached to 2nd Anzac Cyclists' Bn, 9 July 1916. Admitted to Anzac Rest Station, 15 August 1916; transferred 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, 19 August 1916; to 1st Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, 20 August 1916; to 1st Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, 24 August 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 10 days. Transferred to 8th Bn, 27 August 1916; joined 8th Bn, in the field, 10 September 1916. Killed in action, 6 November 1916. Buried 'between Biscuit Trench near Guedecourt'; grave subsequently lost. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, MOORE Alfred Norman |