MOFFATT (MOFFAT), Mervyn Francis
| Service Number: | 13810 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 August 1915, Warwick Farm, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Yass, New South Wales, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor mechanic |
| Died: | Died of Illness, Harefield, England, United Kingdom, 10 October 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Harefield (St. Mary) Churchyard Harefield (St Mary) Churchyard, Harefield, Hillingdon, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Killara North Sydney Technical High School WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 13810, Warwick Farm, New South Wales | |
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| 29 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 13810, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 13810, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Kanowna, Sydney |
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Father
MOFFATT, Pte. Richard Benjamin, 940. 2nd Bn. Australian Inf. Killed in action 28th July, 1915. Age 49. Son of Francis and Louie Moffatt, of 58, Burlington St., Crow's Nest, New South Wales. Native of Sydney. Lone Pine Cemetery II. E. 17.
Mervyn Francis Moffatt, of the Australian Army Medical Corps AIF, enlisted at the age of 18, about 4 weeks after his father had been killed. Mervyn died from a cerebral haemorrhage whilst in England on the 10 October 1916, only six months after arriving. His widowed mother Maria Moffatt was living in Crow's Nest, Sydney at the time. Mervyn is buried in England, at the Cowley (St. Lawrence) Churchyard in Middlesex. His 4 younger siblings were awarded pensions.
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