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MOORE, Charles
Personal Details
Service Number: | 301 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Imperial Bushmen |
Born: | Albert Park, Victoria, Australia, 24 September 1875 |
Home Town: | Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria |
Schooling: | Albert Park State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Chainman |
Died: | Died of wounds, Quaggas hoek, South Africa, Quaggas Hoek, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 12 May 1901, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Vrede Cemetery, Free State, South Africa |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), South Melbourne Boer War Commemorative Drinking Fountain |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 301, 4th Imperial Bushmen | |
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12 May 1901: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 301, 4th Imperial Bushmen, GSW to abdomen sustained during skirmish at Quaggashoek. Died of wounds later the same day. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Pte 301 Charles Moore played 30 games and kicked 34 goals for Essendon FC in the VFL from 1897 to 1899. He was the first VFL footballer to be killed in action.
Source: Fallen 2002, p.3