MOORE, John Dudley
Service Number: | 77157 |
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Enlisted: | 22 July 1942 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units |
Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 27 June 1913 |
Home Town: | Nerang, Gold Coast, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Butcher's Carter |
Died: | Aircraft accident, Machan's Beach, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 5 March 1945, aged 31 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 7. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 77157 | |
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22 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 77157, RAAF Ground Training Schools | |
22 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 77157, RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units | |
5 Mar 1945: | Involvement Leading Aircraftman, RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Edward John and Louise Moore
Husband of Margaret Swan Moore of Coolabunia, Queensland
Commemorated on Panel 7 of the Sydney Memorial
RAAF Lockheed Hudson A16-118 (VMZI-FM) crashed into the sea about 400 yards out from Machan's Beach, just north of the mouth of the Barron River near Cairns - the pilot had been warned not to take off due to a cyclone in the area, however they left from Townsville and crashed near Cairns.
RAAF crew from Number 4 Communications Flight:
Flight Lieutenant John William Newell 404543
Flying Officer Gordon Thomson DFM 400573
Warrant Officer Berrol Samuel Frieze 409400
Flying Officer Donald James Bassett 406465
Leading Aircraftman John Dudley Moore 77157
The aircraft was carrying:
Major General George Alan Vasey VX9 - HQ 7 Australian Division
Major General Rupert Major Downes CMG VD of the Australian Army Medical Corps
Lieutenant Colonel George Anthony Bertram OBE NX324 of Advanced Land HQ "G" Branch Australian Headquarters
Corporal Edward Lewis James NX4011 of Local Administration Staff Australian Headquarters - Batman to General Vasey
Colonel Robert Heathcote Russell DSO NX168 of the Australian Army Medical Corps
Lieutenant William Riggall VX80932 of the Australian Army Service Corps - PA to General Vasey