MOORE, Alexander
| Service Number: | 1283 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, December 1890 |
| Home Town: | Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 56 Macquarie Street, Merewether, New South Wales, 28 May 1923, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-19SW. 50. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1283, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1283, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1283, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 12 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1283, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
100 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 30th May 1923, Private Alexander Moore, 34th Battalion (Reg No-1283), labourer from 56 Macquarie Street, Merewether, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 31. PRESBYTERIAN-19SW. 50. Not married.
Born at Glasgow, Scotland about 1892 to William and Janet L Moore, Alex enlisted on the 3rd January 1916 at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A20 Hororata on the 2nd May 1916.
Wounded in action - 2.10.1917 (GSW right thigh, mild), 20.8.1918 (mustard gas).
Admitted to hospital 23.3.1918 (septic thigh), 17.12.1918 (sprained right rectus femoris muscle).
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, wounding’s, etc.
Alex returned home on the 28th June 1919, being discharged 12th August 1919.
Mr. Moore’s name has been inscribed on the Merewether (Mitchell Park) Memorial Gates. Name would be inscribed on the Merewether Tent No. 32, Independent Order of Rechabites Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at Alex’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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