Herbert John Henry MOORE

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MOORE, Herbert John Henry

Service Numbers:	Q148425, QX49735
Enlisted:	9 March 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies
Born:	Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia, 25 May 1917
Home Town:	Cunnamulla, Paroo, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 14 July 1976, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:	Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall WW2

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, Q148425, also QX49735
8 Mar 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q148425
9 Mar 1943:	Involvement Private, QX49735, also Q148425
9 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX49735, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies
10 Mar 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX49735, ex Brisbane to Morotai per Felix Hathaway
12 Jul 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX49735, 41 Port Landing Craft Company, ex Morotai to Borneo per LSI709
21 Jan 1946:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX49735, 41 Port Landing Craft Company, ex Labuan to Brisbane per Kings Point Victory
5 Sep 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX49735, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies
5 Sep 1946:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Herbert was the fourth of five children of William James Moore (b1880 in Gundagai, NSW) and Millicent (Millie) Mary Ainsworth (b1879 in Dubbo, NSW). William (a Labourer) and Millie married in 1910 in Eulo, QLD and settled in Cunnamulla, QLD. William enlisted in the AIF in 1916 (Private; Service No:2843). He worked as a Labourer in Cunnamulla, where he died in 1919.

Herbert was working as a Station Hand in Cunnamulla, QLD in July 1942 when he enlisted in the ACMF. He served as a Private (Service No:Q148425) and was attached to 17 Labour Coy when he was Discharged on 8 March 1943 to re-enlist on 9 March 1943 in the AIF (Service No:QX49735). Herbert served with 42 Water Transport and 41 Landing Craft Coy in Borneo (10 March 1943 - 26 January 1946). He was attached to 14 Works Coy when he was Discharged in September 1946.

In April 1946 Herbert married Thora Gertrude Strange (b1921 in Brisbane, QLD) - Thora was working as a Box Maker in Brisbane. Herbert and Thora settled in Ipswich, QLD where Herbert was a Labourer. He died in 1976 and Thora in 1982.

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