Bertram (Bert) MOORE

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MOORE, Bertram

Service Number:	159
Enlisted:	14 September 1914
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 5 June 1896
Home Town:	Burnside (SA), Burnside City Council, South Australia
Schooling:	Burnside Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Port Augusta, South Australia, 2 October 1946, aged 50 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Kendrew Oval, Row 10, Site Number 17
Memorials:	Burnside Public School Roll of Honour, Tusmore Burnside District Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 159, 9th Light Horse Regiment
12 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 159, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: ''
12 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 159, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne
15 Jul 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 159, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Walkers Ridge - shell explosion in trenches caused sandbag to fall on his Foot
15 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 159, 9th Light Horse Regiment, embarked Suez for Melbourne on board HT Borda
13 Mar 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 159, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Medically Unfit
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Trooper, 159

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Bertram Moore (Service No:159) enlisted in the AIF on 14 September 1914, and was attached to 9th Light Horse Regiment on 12 February 1915 when he embarked with his Unit from Melbourne for Gallipoli on board HMAT A26 Armadale. Trooper Moore was WiA at Walkers Ridge on 15 July 1915 - he was in the trenches when a shell explosion caused sandbags to fall on his foot. Following unsuccesful surgery in Heliopolis, Trooper Moore embarked from Suez for Melbourne on 15 November 1915 on board HT Borda, and was attached to 9th Light Horse Regiment at Discharge in Adelaide on 13 March 1916 - Medically Unfit.

Bert (Bertram Joseph) was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1896, the only child of Samuel George Moore (b1873 in Meadows, South Australia) and Hannah Elizabeth Moore (b1870 in Meadows, South Australia). In 1903, Hannah married Frank Edward Levitzke (b1867 in Klemzig, South Australia) and lived in Burnside, where Frank was a Carter.

Bert worked as a Labourer in Burnside, and listed Hannah as his Aunt when he enlisted in the AIF in 1914. Following his Discharge, Bert returned to Adelaide, working in Marion and Burnside as a Labourer. In 1923 in Adelaide, he married Grace Annie Roberts (b1893 in Malalla, South Australia). Bert and Grace settled in Quorn, Port Augusta where they raised their family and Bert was a Publican/Hotelkeeper (Criterion Hotel). Bert died in 1946 and Grace in 1983.

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