James Sandiman MOORE

MOORE, James Sandiman

Other Name: MOORE, James Sandeman - AWM Honour Roll
Service Number: 277
Enlisted: 29 August 1914, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town: Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Rubble Mason
Died: Killed in Action, France, 18 September 1918
Cemetery: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Scots Church Great War Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

29 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 277, 1st Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 277, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion
18 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 277, 1st Infantry Battalion, KIlled in Action on this day. His service and sacrifice remembered always. Service Medals: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal: Victory Medal. His next-of-kin received the memorial plaque and scroll.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of K T Moore, Walworth, Council Street, Waverley, New South Wales

Nb:  Burial location on AWM and in WWI Records and headstone photograph have Prospect Hill Cemetery - however CWGC have listing as Villers-Bretonneux Memorial