MOFFITT, Albert Henry
| Service Number: | 1175 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Mandalong, New South Wales, Australia, 21 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Cooranbong, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Timber getter |
| Died: | Islington, New South Wales, Australia, 14 August 1948, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-38. 100. |
| Memorials: | Cooranbong Public School HR |
World War 1 Service
| 2 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1175, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1175, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1175, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 23 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Machine Gun Company | |
| 4 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1175, 15th Machine Gun Company, aCpl 4/1/1918- 3rd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
72 years ago today, on the Monday morning of the 16th August 1948, Private Albert (Albie) Henry Moffitt, 35th Battalion (bomb thrower), timber getter and telegraph linesman from Cooranbong, New South Wales and Wilson Street, Carrington, N.S.W. and 113 Fern Street, Islington, N.S.W., father of three (Harry, Clarence and Frank), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 55. CATHOLIC 2-38. 100.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140346960 - funeral notice states service.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140352794
Born at Mandalong, New South Wales on the 21st February 1893 to James Robert and Sarah Moffitt nee Frost (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163884887); husband of Annie B Moffitt nee Williams (married 1918, Gosford, N.S.W., died?), Albie enlisted December 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital June 1917, suffering from deafness - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166851441, Mr Moffitt was invalided home March 1918. Date of discharge unknown.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166854234
Albert’s name has been inscribed on the Cooranbong Public School Roll of Honour. Name not located on any other known War Memorial or Roll of Honour - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167871139.
Sadly, Mr Moffitt had been resting in an unmarked grave, forgotten, so September 2018 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=22522#grave-photo-1
Younger brother Silvester (Reg No-7286, 1st Battalion, born 1894, Morisset, N.S.W., died 1961) also resting at the cemetery in a marked grave. CATHOLIC 3-83. 25.
Younger brother Peter (Reg No-7287, 1st Battalion, born 1896, Mandalong, N.S.W., died 1948) also resting at the cemetery next to Albert in a marked grave. CATHOLIC 2-38. 102.
Albert’s service during The Great War will be remembered with a Plaque courtesy of the Forgotten Diggers Headstone Project.
Lest We Forget.
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