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Deagon MOOR

Regimental number14581
Place of birthCaboolture, Queensland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationSalesman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 7"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinFather, James Moor, King Street, West Maitland, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the 39th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces, transferred; 2.5 years in Army Service Corps: still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date12 February 1917
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Unit nameAustralian Army Service Corps, 1st Anzac Mounted Division, 12th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 2 November 1917
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Service Corps Details
FateReturned to Australia 17 July 1919
Discharge date3 December 1919
Other details

War service: embarked Melbourne, 2 November 1917; disembarked Suez, 10 December 1917.

Marched in to AASC Training Depot, Moascar, 16 January 1918.

Marched out to Anzac Mounted Division Train, 17 January 1918, and taken on strength, 33rd Company, AASC, in the field, 20 January 1918.

Admitted to Anzac Rec Station, 21 February 1918 (sycosis), and transferred to Ambulance Train; admittedto 45th Stationary Hospital, 21 February 1918; to 44th Stationary Hospital, Kantara, 23 February 1918 (sycosis in face); to 14th Australian General Hospital, Port Said, 25 February 1918; to Desert Mounted Corps Rest Camp, Port Said, 5 March 1918; marched in to AASC Training Depot, Moascar, from hospital, 27 March 1918.

Admitted to AAMC Cadre Hospital, Moascar, 12 April 1918 (cold); discharged to unit, 13 April 1918.

Admitted to 70 General Hospital, Abbassia, 8 May 1918 (enteritis); discharged, 15 May 1918.

Marched out to Anzac Mounted Division Train, 12 June 1918; taken on strength, 33rd Company, AASC, in the field, 25 June 1918.

Transferred to 32nd Company, AASC, 27 March 1919.

Admitted to 24th Stationary Hospital, Kantara, 27 March 1919 (influenza); transferred to 14th Australian General Hospital, 30 April 1919; to Rest Camp, Port Said, 8 May 1919.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Dunluce Castle', 17 July 1919; disembarked Sydney, 30 August 1919; discharged (medically unfit), 3 December 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Roll.
SourcesNAA: B2455, MOOR Deagon

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