MOORE, John Verner Lloyd
| Service Number: | 33877 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 November 1916, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Strathfield, Sydney, NSW, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Double Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | North Shore Church of England Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 28 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Doingt Communal Cemetery Extension I C 34 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour, Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service, Wentworth Falls War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 33877, Field Artillery Brigades, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 33877, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 33877, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 28 Sep 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 33877, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 33877 awm_unit: 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-09-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Verner Wise Moore and Ina Beatrice Moore, of Old South Head Rd., Rose Bay, Sydney.
John was the eldest son of mr. and Mrs. Verner Wise Moore, of Rose Bay, and was born at Strathfield in 1895. He was educated at the Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, and was for several years prior to enlistment in September, 1916, a member of the clerical staff at the Sydney Morning Herald.
He was accepted for active service in the Artillery as a gunner, and sailed with reinforcements in May, 1917. Upon arrival in England he was posted to the 39th Battery, Austraian Field Artillery, and, proceeding to France in October, saw considerable service. He was in action before the end of the year at hannabeke, Zonnebeke and Passchendaele, and subseqently at Hollebeke, Albert, Dernancourt, Villers Brettoneux, Bellewaerde Ridge, Morlancourt, Mericourt-L'Abbey, Hamel, Vaire-sur-Somme, Murcourt and Bellicourt.
He died from wounds received in the last named engagement on September 28,1918.
WE LOVED HIM DEARLY
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