William John MOORE

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MOORE, William John

Service Number:	1608
Enlisted:	5 May 1915, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Port Fairy, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling:	Port Fairy Public School
Occupation:	Wharf Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 28 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Fairy School Roll of Honor, Port Fairy St. John's Anglican Church Roll of Honor WW1, Port Fairy War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

5 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1608, 20th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
6 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1608, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1608, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Thomas John Arthur and Louise MOORE, Albert Street, Port Fairy, Victoria

PRIVATE W. J. MOORE.
No sadder news has been received here than that. which was conveyed in a cable message on Tuesday to Mr and Mrs Moore, notifying that their eldest son, Private William Moore, had been killed in action in France. He joined the navy in 1911, and was 2 years at Portsmouth (England).

He came back to Sydney on H.M.A.S. Australia, and, after leaving the navy, went to America. Here he joined a Norwegian steamer as fireman, being the only Britisher amongst the crew. On August 4, 1914, he wrote to his parents in Port Fairy, that as "England was sure to be drawn into the war with Germany, the former would want every man she could get."

He tried to volunteer at Panama, but could not be accepted in a neutral country.

He came to Sydney, enlisted with the 20th Battalion and was at the evacuation of Gallipoli, being 4 months in the trenches there.

After being in Egypt for a short time, he was one of the first to be sent to France, where he was 3 months in the trenches prior to going into action.

He was only 26-years of age.

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