MOORE, Clement Lockhart
| Service Number: | 4257 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 27 July 1879 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Dana St State School, Ballarat, Victoria Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, At sea (HT Medic), 2 July 1916, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4257, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4257, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4257, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne |
WW1
Clement Moore was the twin brother to Ina Moore, they joined together as well as doing everything else together. Please read the story of Ina and apply all of that information to Clement as well. May he Rest in Peace. Lest We Forget
Submitted 20 February 2020 by Maxwell HILL
Biography contributed by Neil Leckie
Clement Lockhart Moore, of 36 Corbett Street, Ballarat, was a married 36-year-old carpenter when he signed his enlistment papers on 12 July 1915 in Ballarat and commenced his service with Ina on 19 July. Clement’s next of Kin was his wife Caroline, who moved to 409 Windermere Street in Ballarat, then 9 Sebastopol Street in St Kilda and later to 45 Collier Street, West Brunswick.
Clement’s early training was with ‘John’ at Ascot Vale, Ballarat, Williamstown and Broadmeadows. Once allocated to the 14th Battalion reinforcements, ‘John’ was allocated Number 4256 and Clement Number 4257.
The twins embarked on the HMAT A64 Demosthenes at Port Melbourne on 29 December 1915 and joined the 14th Battalion at Serapeum, Egypt on 2 April. Now members of A Company, on 1 June 1916 they embarked at Alexandria, Egypt, for France, landing at Marseilles one week later.
The twins were on a work party of fifteen in the trenches near Bois Grenier, France, when the party was hit by an artillery shell. Six were killed and only three remained unwounded. Ina was reported as Killed in Action on 3 July 1916, but Clement was reported as Missing on 3 July, but when his body was found, this was later amended to Killed in Action on 2 July. ‘John’ left behind his wife Alice and three sons James, Arthur and Ina, while Clement left behind his wife Caroline, son Gordon and daughter Ethelwyn.
‘John’ was buried at the Brewery Orchard Cemetery at Bois Grenier, while Clement, despite a statement of his body being found, is remembered on the wall at Villers Bretonneux.
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Clement’s roll of honour form states “His twin brother was killed with him, Private I.T. Moore”, details from his wife, Caroline Moore of Ballarat.
Clement Moore was a twin brother of Ina Moore, both born in Ballarat during 1879. They both worked for the Ballarat Brewery for a long period of time. Clement was working as a carpenter when he enlisted. The twins both represented the Soldiers Hill Football Club and were well known in Ballarat football circles. They were also both married and had three children when they enlisted during July 1915, with consecutive regimental numbers, nearing the age of 36. From reports their Red Cross files, it is fairly certain they were both pretty much killed instantly killed when caught by a shell blast late on 3 July 1916. Clement was initially reported missing 3 July 1916, and then somehow found to be KIA 2 July 1916.
“A fatigue party of A Company, set up the front line during the night with picks and shovels, but unarmed, was caught in the barrage, and severely mauled, suffering several casualties. Including the Moore twins of Ballarat.”
Excerpt from page 128 of The History of the Fourteenth Battalion, AIF by Newton Wallis.
“No. 4256, Ina Moore, of Ballarat (V.), engine driver, and No. 4257, Clement Moore, of Ballarat, carpenter. They entered and left the world together.”
Appendix G, page 128 of The History of the Fourteenth Battalion, AIF by Newton Wallis.
Clement’s wife and three children were awarded pensions.
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