MOORE, John James
| Service Numbers: | 6922, V84157 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 September 1916, 8 years 21st Lancers |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Secunderabad , India , 13 October 1880 |
| Home Town: | East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Joiner |
| Died: | Illness, 115th Australian General Hospital (Heidelberg), Melbourne, Australia, 2 October 1942, aged 61 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6922, 24th Infantry Battalion, 8 years 21st Lancers | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 6922, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 6922, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 3 Aug 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 6922, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, 3rd MD |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement V84157 | |
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| 20 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, V84157 |
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From How We Served
The final resting place for;- 6922 & V84157 Corporal John James Moore, who prior to the outbreak of the First World War had immigrated to Australia from England, where he had served 8 years with the 21st Lancers.
John Moore enlisted on the 5th of September 1916 for further service and was taken on strength with the reinforcements for the 24th Battalion. Arriving in England on the 20th of July 1917 John underwent further training before being sent to France, where he arrived on the 9th of April 1918, and was officially taken on strength with the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion on the 16th of April.
From the time of his arrival in France, John’s service would be continuous, and he only left his Unit in the last week of the War to be evacuated to the 3rd Australian General Hospital (Abbeville) for influenza on the 5th of November 1918. Recovering from this, John continued to serve in France following the Armistice, and returned to England on the 29th of April 1919.
John began his repatriation back to Australia, departing England, at the end of March 1920. Having returned to Australia safely, John received his official discharge from the 1st AIF for his re-entry into civilian life on 3rd of August 1920.
With the outbreak of a Second World War, John again presented himself for service, when he re-enlisted in the Australian Military Forces on the 20th of May 1940, and was accepted for full-time duty within Australia.
Serving with Training establishments within Victoria, John was posted to the 2nd Training Battalion at Darley at the end of July 1942, and it was whilst here that he was evacuated for medical care, and was admitted into the 115th Australian General Hospital (Heidelberg).
Whilst still being treated, John succumbed to illness on the 2nd of October 1942, at the age of 61.
Following his death, whilst again in the service of the Australian Military Forces, ‘Great War’ veteran, and an original ANZAC, Corporal John Moore, was formally interred within Springvale War Cemetery, Victoria.
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