MORAN, Dick
| Service Number: | NX30488 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 8 January 1916 |
| Home Town: | Grafton, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 22 August 1982, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 12 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX30488 | |
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| 23 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX30488, 2nd/1st Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kerry Williams
"Dick Moran was born John Gregory Moran jun in 1916 at Armidale, NSW and died at Paddington, NSW in 1982.
He was born to Lillian (Newman) Moran (1893-1925), known as "Queenie" and John Gregory Moran snr. His brother was Frederick Denis Moran (NAA NX19964), known as Tony. Their sister was Joan Lillian Moran. Their mother's sister Edith Marion (Newman) Davidson (1890-1958) was the maternal grandmother of entertainer and musician Peter Richard Woolnough, known as Peter Allen (1944-1992).
Dick Moran joined the army as a baker and served in Crete and Greece. Just before discharge in November 1945, he married May Coleman known as Biddy in Sydney.
From the 1950s to the early 1970s, he was resident caretaker with wife Biddy and four children (Barbara, Judy, Richard and Debbie) of Hardy's Chambers, De Mestre Place, 308A George St. Sydney.
Hardy's Chambers was demolished in 1974. De Mestre Place was demolished in 2023 to make way for the Hunter Street Sydney Metro West station.
Dick Moran wrote a letter dated 6th May 1970 to the Central Army Records Office, Melbourne, requesting the African Star Medal for his service during the Greece and Crete campaigns in WW2, which they refused on the grounds that:
"Not eligible for African Star, no service west of Canal. Service in Greece and Crete not qualifying for African Star."
Copyright © KLW NFC Group (Moran family) 2024
Updated February 2026"
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