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James MOORE

Regimental number3661
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationTelegraph mechanic
AddressLeongatha
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, William Moore. Same address
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameDivisional Signal Company 2, Headquarters, Section 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number22/12/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Medal


Recommendation date: March 1917

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Second Supplement, No. 30107 (1 June 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 (4 October 1917).
Recommendation date: 9 March 1917

Military Medal (Altered from Distinguished Conduct Medal)


Recommendation date: 4 October 1917"

Medals

Military Medal

'Under heavy enemy shell fire for three days prior to operations on 26th September, 1917, this N.C.O. assisted in burying and laying forward signal communications from GLENCORSE WOOD toward POLYGON WOOD. During the operations from 26th to 30th September, when the buried cable system was destroyed he made every effort to repair breaks, and when the whole route was found to be destroyed beyond repair, he ran lines on the surface, and made every endeavour to maintain signal communication to the forward positions. He was continually working under heavy hostile shell fire and in exposed positions during the whole operations, and by his courage and constant devotion to duty set a fine example to his party, resulting in interruptions being repaired with the least possible delay.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31
Date: 7 March 1918

Family/military connectionsBrother: 20315 Gunner Samuel Henry MOORE, Ammunition Column, returned to Australia, 16 March 1919.
Other detailsMedals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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