MOORE, Allan
| Service Number: | 1987 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bagshot, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Dudley South, Bass Coast, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Wounds, Sidney Hall Military Hospital, Weymouth, Dorset, England, 26 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Dorset, England |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1987, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1987, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 26 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 1987, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1987 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 26th September…… Allan Moore was born in 1894 at Bagshot, Victoria. [His place of birth was listed as Huntly on Victorian Births, Death & Marriages website & listed as Bendigo on Attestation Papers.]
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 12th January, 1915 as a 20 year old, single, Miner, from Dudley, Victoria.
As Allan Moore was under the age of 21 – his parents were required to sign their consent for their son to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force for active service abroad. His father signed his consent on 12th January, 1915.
Private Allan Moore, Service number 1987, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Hororata (A20) on 17th April, 1915 with the 8th Infantry Battalion, 5th Reinforcements. He joined 8th Battalion at Anzac on 17th July, 1915.
He was admitted to No. 2 Field Ambulance Dressing Station at Anzac on 7th August, 1915 with a bullet in head. He was transferred the same day to Casualty Clearing Station. (no further reports)
On 19th November, 1915 Private Moore was admitted to No. 2 Field Ambulance at Camp Sarpi, Lemnos with Jaundice. He was transferred to No. 3 Australian General Hospital at Mudros on the same day. Private Moore was transferred to 27th General Hospital on 2nd December, 1915 & discharged on 13th December, 1915. He rejoined 8th Battalion on 24th December, 1915.
Private Moore disembarked at Alexandria on 7th January, 1916 from Empress of Britain (after the evacuation of Gallipoli).
He was transferred from 8th Battalion at Serapeum to 60th Battalion & was taken on strength of 60th Battalion on 24th February, 1916 at Tel-el-Kebir.
On 15th March, 1916 Private Moore was transferred to 59th Battalion & was taken on strength of 59th Battalion on the same day at Tel-el-Kebir.
He embarked from Alexandria on 18th June, 1916 on Kinfauns Castle to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). He disembarked at Marseilles, France on 29th June, 1916.
Private Allan Moore was wounded in action in France on 19th July, 1916. He was admitted to No. 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station on 22nd July, 1916 with G.S.W. (Gunshot wound/s) to Back, Arm & Legs. Private Moore was transferred to Ambulance Train then admitted to 32nd Stationary Hospital at Wimereux on 22nd July, 1916 with shrapnel wound/s to left Arm & Left Thigh. He embarked for England from Boulogne on 24th July, 1916 on Hospital Ship Cambria with Shrapnel wounds to left Thigh.
On 25th July, 1916 Private Moore was admitted to Middlesex War Hospital, Napsbury, England with shrapnel wounds to Left Thigh & Left Arm. The Hospital Admissions form recorded “FB not found wounds opened & drained.” (FB = foreign body)
He was transferred to Hospital at Southall on 18th September, 1916 & discharged from Hospital on 20th September, 1916 to Weymouth. Private Moore was admitted to Military Hospital at Weymouth, Dorset on 22nd September, 1916 with Tetanus.
Private Allan Moore died at 7 am on 26th September, 1916 at Sidney Hall Military Hospital, Weymouth, Dorset, England from wounds received in action in France & Tetanus.
He was buried in Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Weymouth, Dorset, England where 82 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/m.html
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