MOORE, Joseph Tregellis
| Service Number: | 5802 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Influenza and Pneumonia, United Kingdom, 27 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Harefield (St. Mary) Churchyard Plot: Aust 83. his memorial stone inscribed 'J.T.'Moore' and '5302' and not '5802' as listed on his National Archives of Australia Service Records , Harefield (St Mary) Churchyard, Harefield, Hillingdon, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 5802, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 5802, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 5802, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Annie Beach
Joseph Tregellis Moore was 18 years old, a student, when he enlisted with both of his parents consent.
His Great Grandfather, through his Grandmother Jane Frances Moore nee Hull, was the HON. William Hull, an early pioneer of Melbourne. His father, Edmund Notley Moore, was a highly respected magistrate in Victoria who early in his career served as Clerk of Courts in Beechworth and served at the Kelly Gang committal.
From the National Archive Records:
"27th January, '20: THIS IS TO CERTIFY that, according to records of this Office at this date, the late No. 5802, Gunner Joseph Tregellis MOORE (Army) Field Artillery Brigade, on -
6.7.15 He enlisted in the A.I.F
11.10.15 Embarked at Melbourne for active service.
12.11.15 Taken on Strength of Divisional Ammunition Column reinforcements and posted to no. 3 section.
14.3.16 Transferred to 5th Divisional Artillery.
1.4.16 Taken on Strength Howitzer Brigade and posted to 114th Battery
19.6.16 Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force.
25.6.16 Disembarked at Marseilles.
7.7.16 Transferred to the 115th Battery
24.11.16 On detached duty at the 1st Australian Army Service Corps
10.5.17 Taken on Strength 6th (Army) Field Artillery Brigade - posted to 106th Battery
31.7.17 To United Kingdom on leave
13.8.17 Rejoined from leave
4.11.18 To United Kingdom on leave
18.11.18 Admitted to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, England - Influenza
27.11.18 DIED of Influenza and Pneumonia at 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield"
Joseph Tregellis Moore is buried at St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Harefield, London Borough of Hillingdon, Greater London England, Plot: Aust 83, his service number appears incorrect as '5302' and not 5802 as recorded in National Archives of Australia WW1 Records.
Burial Source: findagrave (www.findagrave.com)
The newspapers published the following:
DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
GUNNER JOSEPH MOORE.
"Word was received in Bendigo - yesterday, that Mr. E. Notley Moore, P.M., had been notified that his third son, Gunner Joseph Moore, had died while on active service. This is the second of Mr. Moore's sons who has given his life in defence of his country, the eldest son, Captain E. F. Moore, who was a member of the 38th Battalion, having been killed in action on 4th October, 1917. Like his brother, Gunner Joseph Moore was well known in Bendigo, where the family resided for some years, and much sympathy will be felt for Mr. and Mrs. Moore in their further heavy bereavement."
Source: 1918, TROVE ARTICLE (trove.nla.gov.au)
"...Two of Mr. Moore's sons died on active service, one being killed in action and the other dying of pneumonic influenza
while returning to Australia after the armistice. Mr. Moore keenly felt their loss, and his intimate friends say that the effect of these bereavements was almost immediately reflected in his physical condition..."
Source: 1922, TROVE ARTICLE (trove.nla.gov.au)