MOORE, Christopher George
| Service Number: | 5309 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia., 31 October 1886 |
| Home Town: | Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 3 October 1917, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5309, 1st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5309, 1st Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Sydney | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5309, 1st Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound. Transported to hospital in Rouen. Transferred to England in August. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Christopher George MOORE (Service Number 5309) was born in Wollongong on 31st October 1886. He joined the NSW Government Railways as a probationer in the Sydney District in July 1903. In August 1904 he was made a junior porter. He was promoted to porter in December 1907. He became a signalman in January 1909, before resigning a month later. He was re-employed, as a porter, in March 1914. In September 1915 he was granted leave to enlist in the AIF at Liverpool.
He was allotted to the 16th Reinforcements of the 1st Battalion. He was embarked from Sydney in April 1916 and sent to Egypt (where he spent a week between voyages). He then sailed to France, landing there in May 1916. After reaching the base at Etaples, he spent two weeks with the 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion. He was punished with forfeiture of two days’ pay for disobeying a lawful command. On 11th July he was ‘taken on strength’ by the 1st Battalion. Between 22nd and 25th July he was wounded in action (gunshot wounds to chest - some reports say to leg - and right arm, with compound fracture). He was transported to hospital in Rouen, He ewas transferred to England in August, where he was hospitalised until late September. Then he had two weeks leave before returning to base duties. He spent another week in hospital (this time with scabies) in January 1917.
He was returned to France at the end of February 1917. He spent three weeks in hospital in Etaples (‘foreign body in old wound’). He spent a further three weeks on base duties, before re-joining the 1st Battalion in April.
On 3 October 1917 he was killed in action. He was buried in Aeroplane Cemetery, 3½ km NE of Ypres.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.