MOORE, John Hamilton
| Service Number: | N258040 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 18 June 1917 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Contract Carrier |
| Died: | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 3 March 1993, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Allambe Memorial Park, Gold Coast |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 13 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N258040, 11th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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| 23 Feb 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N258040, 11th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
The second of three children (sons), John was born in 1917 in Redfern, Sydney NSW to John Septimus Moore (b1881 in Glebe NSW) and Ethel May Games (b1888 in Perth WA). John Snr (a Carter) and Ethel (a Nurse) married in 1912 in Newtown, Sydney NSW. John Snr and Ethel settled in Sydney where they raised their family and John Snr worked as a Carter/Carrier.
John was working as a Contract Carrier in August 1940 when he enlisted in the ACMF on Part Time Duty. In November that year, he married Olga (Bubbles) Jean Bowden (b1921 in Sydney NSW). John was a Private (Service No:N258040) attached to 11 Battalion VDC when he Discharged in February 1944.
John and Olga settled in Sydney NSW where John worked as a Carrier until the late 1970s. He and Olga retired to the Gold Coast, QLD where John worked as a Bar Steward. Olga died in 1984 and John 1993.
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