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MOORHEAD, Harold Raymond
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 59582 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 19 October 1915 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bread Carter |
| Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Morotai Island, Morotai Island, Halmahera Island, Netherlands East Indies, 28 October 1944, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ambon Memorial, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia |
| Memorials: | Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 59582 |
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World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 59582, Enlisted at Melbourne |
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World War 2 Service
| 30 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 59582 |
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Personal Stories
Help us honour Harold Raymond Moorhead's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Henry and Alice Ann Moorhead; husband of Doris May Moorhead of Bendigo, Victoria
Prior to enlisting Harold had been employed by Hartley's Ltd of Bendigo and R. Raggatt also of Bendigo. References were from F.J. Every's for 4 years where he also worked. Character references were from Ashman's Man shop, and member of the council
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Leading Aircraftman Harold Raymond Moorhead 59582 of Number 4 Radio Installation and Maintenance Unit (4RIMU) drowned at Morotai, Netherlands East Indies and is commemorated on the Ambon Memorial