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MOFFAT, Nigel Edwin
| Service Number: | 2163 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 June 1917, Port Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Orroroo, South Australia, 1 September 1898 |
| Home Town: | Kadina, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Wallaroo High School |
| Occupation: | Bank Employee |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 1 April 1965, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican-Lawn 2-0101 |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Kadina Memorial High School WW1 Honour Roll, Kadina Town Hall WW1 & WW2 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jun 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2163, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, Port Adelaide, SA | |
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| 26 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 2163, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 26 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 2163, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, SS Indarra, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 2163, 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
NIGEL EDWIN MOFFAT was born at Orroroo, South Australia, on 1 st September, 1898, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Moffat, of Kadina. He was educated at the Wallaroo High School, and joined the Bank’s service at Adelaide in February, 1916, being subsequently transferred to the Port Adelaide Branch.
Nigel Edwin Moffat enlisted in the A.I.F. on 1st June, 1917, and left Australia in the following November. He was on active service in France, as a member of the 5th Machine Gun Battalion, until August, 1918, when he was invalided to England. In March, 1919, he was promoted to corporal and obtained his discharge at the end of the year.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
Husband of Enid (dec. 1954) and Kathleen May
Father of Robert and Donald
Biography contributed by Mohammad Ramadan
Nigel Edwin Moffat was born in Orroroo, South Australia on 1st of September, 1898. His mother’s name was Marie Ellen Broad, born in 1864, South Australia and she died in 1948, South Australia, age 84 years. His father's name was William Moffat, born on 22nd of July, 1858, at Woodside, South Australia and died 31st of July, 1932 at Jamestown South Australia age 74 years.
He had four brothers and parents. Nigel studied at Wallaroo High School.
He was in the machine gun company in June 1917, General Reinforcements. His service number was 2163. His religion was Presbyterian. He had boils on the 10th of July, 1918 and ended up very sick, and was sent back to England to be in hospital. He returned to Australia on the 23rd of September, 1919.
He was a bank employee from 1923 to 1963 in Perth.
He died in 1965 at the age of 66 and was buried in a cemetery in Perth, Western Australia.
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