MOORE, William Martin
| Service Number: | 1945 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Exeter, Wingecarribee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Trainee Engineman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Vaulx Hill Cemetery Grave I. H. 11. INSCRIPTION- HE DIED FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FIGHT ON |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crookwell War Memorial, Exeter Memorial Trees, Exeter Roll of Honour, Exeter St Aidan's Church Honour Roll, Goulburn District Railway Employees Great War Honour Roll, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Moss Vale RSL War Memorial, Moss Vale War Memorial, Wall of Remembrance (Southern Villages Memorial) |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1945, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1945, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 19 and the son of Martin Robert and Catherine Moore of Queen St., Campbelltown, New South Wales.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
William Martin MOORE (Service Number 1945) was born in Crookwell about 1898l Hejoined the Railways as a 16½-year-old ‘shop boy’ at Goulburn locomotive depot in 1914. He was promoted to cleaner (first step on the career path to engine driver).
He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces in January 1916, and a few days later he enlisted at Goulburn in the AIF. His father’s consent was given. This was required because he was still only 18½.
He embarked at Sydney in June 1916. After further training in England he was sent to France on New Year’s Eve, 1916.
He was killed in action on 2nd April 1917. He was buried in Chaffours Wood British Cemetery, five miles NE of Bapaume.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.