Ernest Cameron MOFFAT

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MOFFAT, Ernest Cameron

Service Number:	465
Enlisted:	25 August 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	1st Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Boree Creek, Lockhart, New South Wales
Schooling:	Private School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 18 May 1915
Cemetery:	Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Row C, Grave 12 Rev. E.N.Merrington officiated,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

25 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 465, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 465, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 465, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
18 May 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 465, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 465 awm_unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-05-18

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Archibald Moffat and Jessie Moffat of Boree Creek, NSW. Brother of Gordon Moffat and Archibald John Moffat of Boree Creek, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

His older brother 1183 Private Gordon Howard Moffat 36th Battalion AIF died of illness three weeks after leaving Australia, (pneumonia after measles) at sea 6 June 1916, age 30. Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.

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