Adam MOORE

Badge Number: S2768, Sub Branch: Colonel  Light Gardens
S2768

MOORE, Adam

Service Number: 7033
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Kersbrook, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Kersbrook, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Circumstances of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials: Kersbrook Roll of Honor, Kersbrook School Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

16 Dec 1916: Involvement Private, 7033, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916: Embarked Private, 7033, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide
Date unknown: Wounded 7033, 10th Infantry Battalion

Adam Moore

Name: Adam Moore
Service Number: 7033
Parents: James Moore and Margaret Jane Moore (nee Crispin)
Place of Birth: Kersbrook
Date of Birth: 15 April 1895
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 22 January 1916
Age at Enlistment: 20 years 9 months
Marital Status: Single
Next of Kin: Mother, Margaret Jane Moore
Occupation: Laborer
Religion: Baptist
Rank: Private
Memorials: Kersbrook Roll of Honor
Adam trained with B Coy 2nd Depot Battalion at Mitcham until 16 August 1916, when he was sent to Signal School. He was transferred to the 10th Battalion, 23rd reinforcement on 9 November. They embarked Berrima from Adelaide on 16 December, disembarking at Devonport on 16 February 1917. He was stationed at the 3rd Training Battalion at Derrington on 18 February. He qualified as a 1st class Signaller on 16 August and was sent to France with the 10th Battalion on 18 October and stationed at Havre.
During action near Amiens on 15 August 1918, Adam was wounded in the left buttock and arm, receiving treatment at the 6th General Hospital, Rouen, before rejoining his unit on 25 September at Base Depot. Base Records, Melbourne notified Adam’s mother of her son’s condition on 31 August.
The following contains excerpts from a report written by Adam Moore giving details of an incident during action:
“Killed in Action 30-7-18”
Re 7008 Pte.J.O. Halpin, 10th Bttn. A.I.F….He left Australia with the same reinforcements as myself(23rd Rfts) of the 10th Bttn, leaving Australiaon Dec. 16th 1916, and arriving in England in Feb.1917….We were the best of pals on the boat and also with while in England where we both went through a signal school in Larkhill Camp…. We were in the line several times together and he proved himself a man both in the line and out. He was killed on the morning of the 30th July at Merries. The morning after our Coy had taken part in the capture of that village. He and myself and several others from Coy H/Qs were out after some Huns that were missed by the men who took up their positions in front of us. We were only a few feet apart when a sniper shot him in the chest ( death followed almost immediately) My name was the only words that he spoke after he was hit.
He was well buried in the Military Cemetery at La Kruele. The map reference is sheet 27.V.16.B.33 and the registered grave number is 1375.Plot 2. Row E. Grave 6.
Myself and several others erected a cross on his grave, but it was almost dark, and only about half an hour before leaving that area to go to the Somme. We did not have time to get his particulars painted on the cross but there are men who do nothing else but look after the graves and paint the crosses, and we gave him his full particulars there and they promised to paint it on the following morning. We have not been near that place since so I am unable to state anything further.
Letter from :- 7033 Sig.A.Moore 10th Bttn.H/Q
A.I.F. France 29 -10 – 18.” Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau files, 1914-18 War 1DRL/0428
7008 Private Joseph Odo Halpin 10th Battalion.”
On 29 October 1918 Adam wrote to a Miss Deakin who had written making enquiries about Pte.J.O.Halpin. Adam’s letter was word for word, repeiition of his Red Cross report. He ended his letter by stating, “I would like to hear from you again and then I shall know if this letter has been received alright. If I hear no more I will write again. I am yours truly No 7033 Sig.A.Moore
10th Bttn H.Q. A.I.F.
France.”1.
Adam was stationed at the Australian Base Depot in 1919 prior to returning to Australia on Ormonde on 16 June, arriving on 29 July. He was discharged on 2 October 1919. Adam was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
He played football for Gumeracha in 1923.
He married Alice May White at Edwardstown on 29 October 1924. They had two children – Murray Dean, born 24 January,1926 and Brian James, born on 14 July 1927. Both children were born at Loxton. He lived at Colonal Light Gardens until his death in 1976, aged 81. Adam Moore was buried at Centennial Park.2.
Source: www.naa; B2455; Moore.A. Barcode 3005414



Footnotes: 1. Australian Red Cross Society Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau files, 1914-18 War 1DRL/0428 7008 Private Joseph Odo Halpin 10th Battalion : Courtesy of Tim Hanna.
2. Gumeracha Library; Local History Records.



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Biography contributed by Modbury High School

Adam Moore's job before the war was a labourer and he was living at Kersbrook.

On 22 January 1916 Adam Moore enlisted, nominating his mother Mrs Margaret Jane Moore as his next of kin. As he was under 21 his mother needed to provide permission for him to join the AIF. He was allocated to the 10th Infantry Battalion and departed from Australia on the 16 December 1916, aboard the HMAT A35 ‘Berrima’. He was wounded on the 15th August 1918 and returned to his unit a few weeks later after receiving treatment.

After the war had ended, Adam returned to Australia arriving 27th July 1919. He was dischared 2nd October 1919. He is commemorated on the Kersbrook Roll of Honor, and the Kersbrook School Roll of Honor. He died from natural causes and was buried at Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia, Australia.

 

 

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