| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | South Australia |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Address | 70 Buxton Street, North Adelaide, South Australia |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 24 |
| Height | 5' 10" |
| Weight | 136 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, Henry Percival Moore, 70 Buxton Street, North Adelaide, South Australia |
| Previous military service | Second Lieutenant, 23rd Light Horse (6 months) |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | South Australia |
| Rank on enlistment | Lieutenant |
| Unit name | 32nd Battalion, A Company |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on |
| The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked. | |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Captain |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 32nd Battalion |
| Promotions |
Captain Unit: Permanent Supernumary List Promotion date: |
| Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Mention in Despatches Recommendation date: Officer of the Order of the British Empire Recommendation date: |
| Fate | Returned to Australia |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry and Eleanor MOORE |
| Medals |
MBE Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' Date:
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| Discharge date | |
| Family/military connections | Brother: Captain Brian Formby MOORE, Australian Army Medical Corps, returned to Australia, 9 July 1919. |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Adelaide, 18 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 18 December 1915. Appointed Assistant Camp Adjutant and Quartermaster, Tel el Kebir, 8 February 1916. Promoted Lieutenant, 21 March 1916. Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 6 April 1916 (dysentery); transferred to No 3 Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 15 April 1916; to No 4 Hospital Train, 16 April 1916 (acute dysentery); discharged to duty, 24 April 1916. Admitted to No 3 Australian General Hospital, 30 April 1916 (not yet diagnosed); discharged to unit, 1 May 1916 (dysentery). Taken on strength of 5th Division Headquarters, Moascar, 29 May 1916; seconded to 5th Division Headquarters, 31 May 1916. To be aide de camp to Major General The Honourable J.W. McCay, 7 June 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. Promoted Captain, 29 December 1916. Admitted to No 14 Field Ambulance, 3 January 1917 and transferred to No 38 Casualty Clearing Station the same day; to Ambulance Train, 5 January 1917; to No 2 Red Cross Hospital, Rouen, 6 January 1917 (pulmonary tuberculosis); to England, 13 January 1917; to No 3 London General Hospital, Wandsworth, 15 January 1917. Posted to duty with 8th Training Bn, 17 January 1917, and on the same day, ceased to seconded for duty as aide de camp, and placed on Permanent Supernumerary List. Discharged to duty from No 3 London General Hospital, 12 March 1917; marched into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 17 March 1917. Marched out of No 1 Command Depot, 29 March 1917; marched in Australian Army Service Corps Depot, Parkhouse, 30 March 1917. Attached to No 3 Camp, Parkhouse, 23 June 1917. Marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 10 November 1917. To be Adjutant, No 2 Command Depot, 1 January 1918. Medical Board, 25 February 1918, notes Captain Moore is suffering from synovitis of knee. Classified as unfit for General Service, but fit for Home Service, 26 August 1918. Admitted to Officers' Hospital, Oxford Street, Birkdale, 5 November 1918 (pleurisy); marched into No 2 Command Depot from hospital, 22 November 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Leicestershire', 9 December 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 22 January 1919; appointment terminated, Adelaide, 8 March 1919. Medals: Member of the Order of the British Empire, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Date of death | |
| Age at death | 35 |
| Place of burial | North Road Church of England Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, MOORE Harry Formby |
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