Victor Douglas MOORE

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Service Numbers:	3214, 3214A
Enlisted:	1 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England, 28 June 1897
Home Town:	Exeter, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenters apprentice
Died:	Killed in Action, Noreuil, Picardie, France, 2 April 1917, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Noreuil Australian Cemetery Special Memorial C. 10 - one of numbers of graves destroyed by shelling later in the war and replaced by 'Special Memorials'.
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

1 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3214, 10th Infantry Battalion
14 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3214, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
26 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, Regimental number changed to 3214A the 'A' signifies a transfer in. Because each unit maintained its own register of serial numbers transfers in could cause duplicates to arise.
12 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3214A, 50th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
20 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3214A, 50th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages
2 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3214, 50th Infantry Battalion, Noreuil, Killed in Action :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3214A awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-02

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