MOORE, John Hamilton
| Service Number: | 2092 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1915, Ballarat, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ascot, Victoria, Australia, 1 May 1895 |
| Home Town: | Ascot, City of Balllarat (LGA), Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ascot State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 December 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Messines Ridge British Cemetery V A 36, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blowhard & District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2092, 29th Infantry Battalion, Ballarat, Vic. | |
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| 18 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 2092, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 2092, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2092, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 12 Dec 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2092, 29th Infantry Battalion, Messines |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of James Hamilton and Magdalene MOORE
Pte John Hamilton Moore, killed in action on the 12th December, 1917, was the eldest son of Mr and Mrs Jas. H. Moore, of Bonnie Doon, Cognill's Creek, and formerly of Ascot, where the deceased soldier was born. He enlisted for active service with the Australian Imperial Force on 13th July, 1915, and received his preliminary training in the Seymour Camp. While there meningitis broke out, from which complaint his mate, Pte Con Shelton, suffered, and he carried him to the hospital, where he died. Landing in Egypt, Pte Moore served in that country for a time, and was afterwards
sent to France, where he took part in some of the heavy fighting on the Somme. He was awarded the D.C.M. in July, 1917, for conspicuous service. Illness over-took him, however, and he was invalided to England suffering from pneumonia and trench feet. On his recovery he again went to France, and met his death as stated above after a strenuous and heroic campaign with the gallant Australians. The late Pte Moore was 22 years and 7 months old at the time of his death. He was educated at the Ascot State school, and prior to enlisting was his father's right hand on the Ascot
farm. Much sympathy is expressed for the bereaved parents and relatives in the great loss sustained by them.
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
John Hamilton Moore, aged 20, enlisted in the AIF at Ballarat on 17 July 1915. He embarked overseas on 18 February 1916 and landed in Egypt on 22 March, where he was taken on strength of the 29th Battalion on 1 April 1916.
Pte Moore and his battalion embarked for France on 16 June, arrived in Marseilles on 23 June and, within a month, were in action at the disastrous Battle of Fromelles on 19 July 1916.
He contracted bronchitis on 26 November 1916 and was hospitalised for two weeks in Rouen, and then for a further four weeks in London, where he was discharged on 15 January 1917.
Still in England, he was transferred to the newly formed 65th Battalion on 23 March 1917, and he trained with this unit on Salisbury Plain for the next six months.
He returned to France on 15 October 1917, then travelled north to Belgium where he was once again taken on strength of the 29th Battalion on 26 October.
The battalion moved into the line in front of Messines on 6 December and it was here that Pte John Hamilton Moore was killed in action on 12 December 1917.
Post war, his remains were recovered by the Imperial War Graves Commission, and were re-interred at the Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium in 1920.
Source: Extract from "Clunes War Memorial WW1" by Robert Wight, June 2022.
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