George Geoffrey MOORE MM

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MOORE, George Geoffrey

Service Number:	438
Enlisted:	5 January 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Forest Row, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, 2 March 1896
Home Town:	Longerenong, Yarriambiack, Victoria
Schooling:	Icklesburn Elementary School; Rye Grammar School, Sussex, England Other training Longerenong Agricultural College, Dooen, Victoria
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Wounds, Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France, 28 August 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Contay British Cemetery, Contay, France CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY Grave Reference: I. A. 5. INSCRIPTION ONLY & DEARLY LOVED SON OF W.J.G. & E.MOORE OF SHOREHAM,KENT , Contay British Cemetery, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

5 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 438, 21st Infantry Battalion
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 438, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 438, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant
28 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant
Date unknown:	Honoured Military Medal

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Sergeant Moore was born in Forest Row, Sussex, birth registered as follows:

Births Jun 1896
Moore George Geoffrey E. Grinstead 2b 141

He was the son of Walter James Griffen Moore and Eliza Moore, of Shoreham, Sevenoaks, England. He was awarded the Military Medal.

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

His middle name was Geoffrey, not Jeffrey and he appears to have used Geoffrey as his forename.

For conspicuous gallantry in the attack on post 54 at MOUQUET FARM on the 26th August, 1916, when he maintained his position in an open sap against an enemy counter-attack, rendering most valuable assistance at a critical time.'

Recommendation date: 4 September 1916
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62
Date: 19 April 1917

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