MOFFITT, Peter
| Service Number: | 7287 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 January 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mandalong, New South Wales, Australia, 19 September 1896 |
| Home Town: | Cooranbong, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Carrington, New South Wales, Australia, 24 October 1948, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-38. 102. |
| Memorials: | Cooranbong Public School HR |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7287, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 7287, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 7287, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 3 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7287, 1st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, GSW lower left arm, slight | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7287, 1st Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", GSW Lower left leg | |
| 1 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7287, 1st Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
73 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 26th October 1948, Private Peter Moffitt, 1st Battalion (Reg No-7287), labourer from Cooranbong, New South Wales and the Oriental Hotel, 132 Young Street, Carrington, N.S.W. and Wilson Street, Carrington, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 52. CATHOLIC 2-38. 102.
Born at Mandalong, New South Wales on the 19th September 1896 to James Robert and Sarah Moffitt nee Frost, Peter enlisted January 1917 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Older brother Albert Henry (35th Battalion, Reg No-1175, born 1893, died 1948) also resting at the cemetery, side by side, unmarked grave. CATHOLIC 2-38. 100.
Older brother Silvester (1st Battalion, Reg No-7286, born 1894, died 1961) also resting at the cemetery. CATHOLIC 3-83. 25.
Admitted to hospital 11.2.1917 (injury to leg), 18.6.1918 (tonsilitis), 21.6.1918 (peritonsillitis).
Wounded in action - 3.10.1917 (GSW left arm, mild), 18.9.1918 (GSW left leg, severe).
Peter was invalided home June 1919, being discharged on the 1st July 1919.
Mr. Moffitt’s name has been inscribed on the Cooranbong Public School Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 26th May 1917, 16 names inscribed of ex-scholars, 10 names inscribed of local volunteers).
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label in remembrance of Peter’s service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died after Discharge, 24/10/1948.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance - Rookwood Cemetery - Sydney.
Lest We Forget.
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