MOORE, Ina Tempest
| Service Number: | 4256 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 27 July 1879 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Dana St State School, Ballarat, Victoria Australia |
| Occupation: | Engine driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 July 1916, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 7 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4256, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4256, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4256, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne |
WW1
The details provided are taken from the book "Just Soldiers" written by WO1 Darryl Kelly, published 2004, chapter 25, pages 165 to 170. Ina and his brother Clement were twins. Born within minutes of each other (year not mentioned, but would be somewhere between 1880 and 1890). The book gives a great detail re their history prior to the war. Sufficient to say that they did everything together, almost joined at the hip, school together, sports together, socialised together, employment together, married to women and had children, living close to each other, Ina had a son named Clement, Clement had a son named Ina, they went to the enlistment office together, joined and had sequential regimental numbers. They were both allocated to the 14th Battalion, serving in A Company together, and went to war side by side. Unfortunately, one battle too many, saw them side by side advancing toward the enemy when a German shell exploded close to them and they both were instantly killed side by side, and buried side by side. These two men were the only soldiers who were twins to die simultaneously. May they Rest in Peace.
Lest We Forget.
Submitted 20 February 2020 by Maxwell HILL
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Ina’s roll of circular states “Twin brother Pte Clem Moore was killed at the same place and same time” details from Ina’s wife, Alice Hannah Moore.
Ina Moore was a twin brother of Clement Moore, both born in Ballarat during 1879. They both worked for the Ballarat Brewery for a long period of time. The twins both represented the Soldiers Hill Football Club and were well known in Ballarat football circles. They were both married and had three children when they enlisted during July 1915, with consecutive regimental numbers, nearing the age of 36. From their Red Cross files, it is fairly certain they were both pretty much killed instantly killed when caught by a shell blast late on 3 July 1916.
“A fatigue party of A Company, set up the front line during the night with picks and shovels, but unarmed, was caught in the barrage, and severely mauled, suffering several casualties. Including the Moore twins of Ballarat.”
Excerpt from page 128 of The History of the Fourteenth Battalion, AIF by Newton Wallis.
“No. 4256, Ina Moore, of Ballarat (V.), engine driver, and No. 4257, Clement Moore, of Ballarat, carpenter. They entered and left the world together.”
Appendix G, page 128 of The History of the Fourteenth Battalion, AIF by Newton Wallis.
Ina’s wife and three children were awarded pensions.
Biography contributed by Neil Leckie
Ina Tempest ‘John’ Moore, of 83 Peel Street South, Ballarat, was a married 36-year-old Engine Driver when he signed his enlistment papers on 9 July 1915 in Ballarat, commencing his service on 19 July. Ina’s Next of Kin was his wife Alice, who later moved to South Melbourne and then 595 Sydney Road Brunswick.
‘John’ started his training with D Company, 10th Depot Battalion, Ascot Vale, then moved to A Company, (14th Depot Battalion) at Ballarat and on to Williamstown. On 25 November he was allocated to the 13th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion, 4th Brigade at Broadmeadows.
The twins embarked on the HMAT A64 Demosthenes at Port Melbourne on 29 December 1915 and joined the 14th Battalion at Serapeum, Egypt on 2 April. Now members of A Company, on 1 June 1916 they embarked at Alexandria, Egypt, for France, landing at Marseilles one week later.
The twins were on a work party of fifteen in the trenches near Bois Grenier, France, when the party was hit by an artillery shell. Six were killed and only three remained unwounded. Ina was reported as Killed in Action on 3 July 1916, but Clement was reported as Missing on 3 July, but when his body was found, this was later amended to Killed in Action on 2 July. ‘John’ left behind his wife Alice and three sons James, Arthur and Ina, while Clement left behind his wife Caroline, son Gordon and daughter Ethelwyn.
‘John’ was buried at the Brewery Orchard Cemetery at Bois Grenier, while Clement, despite a statement of his body being found, is remembered on the wall at Villers Bretonneux.
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