MOORE, John
| Service Number: | 3012 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia, 17 November 1895 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Central Boys School, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Well Borer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Dernancourt, France, 5 April 1918, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille Coll. Grave XIII. F. 10-11. Buried in 1978. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3012, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 27 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 3012, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 3012, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John Moore was the son of Samuel Ernest and Mary Moore of Rockhampton, Queensland. He was born at Barcaldine, Queensland.
John only joined the 47th Battalion in Belgium in January 1918. He was reported missing during the desperate fighting near Dernancourt on 5 April 1918. His burial place was not found after the war.
On 13 September 1978 his intermingled remains were discovered buried in a collective grave beside the railway line at Dernancourt with 7225 Pte. A.C.H. Rockliff and 3233 Pte W.R. Tedford. The men were identified through the presence of their identity discs and they were reinterred in a collective plot at the Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France, the reburial taking place on 29 November 1978.
John’s twin brother, 5245 Private Lewis Moore 49th Battalion AIF was also present at Dernancourt in 1918, and made many efforts to discover the fate of his brother. He returned to Australia in 1919.