James MOORE

MOORE, James

    Service Numbers: 2730, 2730A
    Enlisted: 27 July 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 50th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Port Victor, South Australia, 5 March 1888
    Home Town: Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Butcher
    Died: Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 16 August 1916, aged 28 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2730, Adelaide, South Australia
    27 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2730, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
    27 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2730, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
    2 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, Transferred fro the 10th Battalion to the 50th Battalion
    16 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2730A, 50th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2730A awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Edwin Moore and Norah (nee Kean) Moore; brother of Edwin George Moore, Percy Moore and Margaret Gertrude Moore. Father of ex-nuptial daughter, Joyce Dardenella Freeman; Joyce's mother was Silvier Anicia Dorkinda Freeman who had left the child with Mrs Myrtle Lola Maud Mason who later signed as Trustee with the State Children's Department.

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

     

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