LUXMOORE, Ernest Marshall
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 26 April 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Brighton, South Australia, 18 July 1883 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shipping Clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 16 August 1972, aged 89 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Elder Smith & Co Limited WW1 Honour Board, Adelaide Rowing Club WW1 Pictorial Honour Board, Brighton Arch of Remembrance, Brighton WW1 Roll of Honour, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 24 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide | |
| 24 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 5 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 9th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 30 Apr 1918: | Honoured Military Cross, Es Salt Raid, Continuous gallantry | |
| 3 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Es Salt Raid, GSW (thigh) | |
| 7 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 9th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Doug Hooper
Embarkation Roll (www.awm.gov.au) misspells Surname LUXMORE - Birth certificate and Service Record (recordsearch.naa.gov.au) spell Surname as LUXMOORE
In 1921 he was the Master of the Adelaide Hunt Club.
"...Lieutenant Ernest Marshall Luxmoore, 9th Light Horse Regiment who was a 31 year old shipping clerk when he was commissioned on 26 May 1915. He embarked for overseas with the 7th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 24 June 1915 aboard HMAT Kanowna and saw action at Gallipoli and in the Middle East. He was wounded in action on 3 May 1918 and received a Military Cross (MC) for continuous gallantry and devotion to duty during operations between 30 April and 4 May 1918 near Es Salt in the Jordan Valley, 23 kilometres west of Amman, Jordan. Captain Luxmoore recovered from his wounds and arrived back in Australia on 26 November 1919..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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