MOORE, Horton Percy
| Service Number: | 303 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 November 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Benalla, Victoria, Australia, 27 April 1876 |
| Home Town: | Benalla, Benalla, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Officer |
| Died: | Benalla, Victoria, Australia, 18 December 1950, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Benalla Cemetery, Victoria Church Of England Section C Plot Number 101 |
| Memorials: | Benalla Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honor Roll, Fremantle National Bank of Western Australasia Ltd. Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 303, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 8 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 303, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 303, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle | |
| 1 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal | |
| 9 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant | |
| 3 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 14 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 303, Served in Egypt | |
| 3 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant | |
| 2 Aug 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 303, Returned to Australia | |
| 14 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 303, Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Norton was the son of Timothy Stedman Moore and Elizabeth Moore nee Blake.
In 1920 Horton married Shirley Beatrice Nicholas.
Biography contributed by Anthony Ralston
Horton Percy Moore was born on 27 April 1876, in Benalla, Victoria, Australia, his father, Timothy, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 38. He Enlistment into the AIF on 23 November 1914 and was given the regimental number 303 and placed into the 10th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron, he embarked on, 17 February 1915 from Fremantle WA onboard the HMAT, Mashobra. Horton moved through the ranks from Private to his final rank of Lieutenant. He was discharge from the Australian Imperial Force in 1919
He married Staff Nurse Shirley Beatrice Nicholas in 1920 in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. They had two children during their marriage. He died on 18 December 1950, in his hometown at the age of 74, and was buried there.
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