MOODY, Herbert Edwin
| Service Number: | 6831 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 January 1916, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 21 November 1890 |
| Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Parkinsons Disease , Cairns, Queensland , Australia, 6 February 1971, aged 80 years |
| Cemetery: |
Woongarra Crematorium, Townsville, Qld Cremated, and ashes spread at his home address, Moody Street, Cairns. |
| Memorials: | Townsville Railway Station Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6831, 25th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland. | |
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| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 6831, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 6831, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney |
Herbert Edwin Moody.
To Arthur (Punchard) from Bert (Moody) July 31st 1917
Herbert Edwin Moody.
Regimental Number: 6831. Rank: Private. Unit: 49th Battalion. Date of Enlistment: 08/01/1915. Date of Return to Australia: 08/05/1918. Nickname: Bert. Occupation prior to enlistment: Worked for the railway department, Cairns.
The Cairns Post commented on the enlistment of the three Moody brothers, George, Herbert and Arthur:
"Mr. George Moody, of Cairns, has every reason to be proud of his family. Some time after the war started his 'baby' Arthur volunteered for the front, and after seeing a good deal of service he was invalided home. Before Arthur returned, George, the eldest son, left for the front, and is now in France. On Saturday night the second eldest son, Herbert Moody, left as a soldier. If all families responded as Mr. Moody's has done, there would be reasonable grounds for faith in the voluntary system, but unfortunately there are cases on record where not one of half-a-dozen sons in a family have seen fit to shoulder the rifle in the Empire's need."- Cairns post, 29.1.1917.
Bert was not the best of public speakers. When asked to respond on behalf of the returning diggers at a Cairns Aquatic Club function, all he managed to say, amidst great hilarity, was: Ït gives us great pleasure to be back again. I can assure you that we thought a good deal over there of the Aquatic club and the old faces. - Submitted by Marjorie Earl.
Lost Cairns and District Facebook Page.
Submitted 3 April 2021 by Lynette Turner
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