MOSES, William
| Service Number: | 7295 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 January 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lambton, New South Wales, Australia , 21 February 1875 |
| Home Town: | Charlestown, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Charlestown, New South Wales, Australia , 13 December 1937, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-07. 68. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7295, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 7295, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 7295, 2nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 23 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 33rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7295, 33rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell
A Forgotten Digger of The Great War now resting at Sandgate Cemetery, Honour and Dignity to be restored.
84 years ago today, on the Wednesday morning of the 15th December 1937, Private William Moses, also known as Tot, 33rd Battalion (Reg No-7295), miner from Dudley Road, Charlestown, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 62. METHODIST 4-07. 68.
Born at Lambton, New South Wales on the 21st February 1875 to Thomas and Susan Moses nee Hyde; husband of Lillian M Moses nee Mitchell (married 1899, Adamstown, N.S.W., died 1920?), Tot enlisted January 1917 with the 2nd Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 19.12.1917 (diarrhea).
Tot returned home August 1919, being discharged on the 4th October 1919.
I have not located Mr. Moses’s name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
I located William resting in an unmarked grave, another Forgotten Digger of The Great War, so January 2021 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
I submitted an application to DVA February 2021 asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip to be installed at the gravesite, and this was accepted May 2021. I will post photos when gravesite complete.
Lest We Forget.
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