MOORE, Newton
| Service Number: | WX7860 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Collie, Western Australia, 29 March 1916 |
| Home Town: | Collie, Collie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wheeler |
| Died: | Collie, Western Australia, 7 February 1981, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Collie General Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 13 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX7860 | |
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| 30 Sep 1942: | Imprisoned Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, missing in action from 27 Jul 1942; interned Camp 29, then 82 and 106; arrived in UK from Italy in Oct 1944; returned to Australia Nov 1944 | |
| 6 Apr 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX7860 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cherilyn McMeekin
Newton was the youngest son of Richard and Kate, and the sixth of their seven children. His parents had emigrated from England in the early 1900s with their eldest four children.
Two of Newton's brothers also enlisted, both serving in the 4th (WA) Volunteer Defence Corps, one as Lance Corporal and the other as Sergeant.
Newton enlisted in Aug 1940, disembarking in the Middle East in Jul 1941. He was captured at El Alamein: in his official statement, he described their position as hopeless when the battalion was attacked, and the C.O. surrendered.
He was held as a POW for about two years. Newton was on board the Italian transport ship Nino Bixio when it was torpedoed by a British submarine in the Mediterranean on 17 August 1942. The Nino Bixio was transporting Allied POWs from Libya to Italy. Newton was one of the 122 Australian POWs to survive the incident.
He died in 1981 at age 64 and was interred at Collie Cemetery, as are several family members.