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MOODY, Jack Eric
| Service Number: | 51827 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 January 1918, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Albany, Western Australia, Australia, 20 May 1899 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mount Gambier High School, St. Peters College |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 22 December 1960, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RSL/Wall 115/A013 |
| Memorials: | Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, Mount Gambier High School Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jan 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51827, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 1 May 1918: | Involvement Private, 51827, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1918: | Embarked Private, 51827, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 51827, 42nd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
Jack Eric Moody
Name: Jack Eric Moody
Service Number: 51827
Place of Birth: Albany, W.A.
Date of Birth: 20 May 1899
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 19 January 1918
Age at Enlistment: 18 years 8 months
Next of Kin: Mother, Edith Sarah Moody
Occupation: Clerk
Religion: Church of England
Rank: Private
Jack left Sydney on HMT Euripides on 1 May 1918 and disembarked at Liverpool, England on 2 July. He was sent to France from Folkestone with the 43rd Battalion on 22 September where he served for the remainder of the war. Jack returned to Australia from England on board the Argylshire on 1 August 1919 and was discharged on 11 October.
Submitted 26 October 2023 by christopher collins
Biography contributed by Graeme Roulstone
51827 Jack Eric MOODY was born at Albany, Western Australia, on 20 May 1899. He was enrolled at Mount Gambier High School on 7 October 1912 by his father, John H. Moody, hotelkeeper at Mac’s Hotel, Bay Road, Mount Gambier. He left the school on 6 March 1913.
He enlisted in Adelaide on 19 January 1918 (18, clerk, single, Church of England) naming his mother, Edith Sarah Moody of the Freemason’s Hotel, Broken Hill, as his next of kin, his father having died at Broken Hill on 7 June 1917. He embarked from Sydney on the ‘Euripides’ on 1 May 1918, transferred to the ‘Teutonic’ at New York on 14 June, disembarked at Liverpool in England on 2 July and was attached to the 9th Training Battalion, finally being allotted as a reinforcement to the 43rd Battalion, and sent overseas to France on 22 September 1918.
He joined the 43rd Battalion in France on 27 September. He was hospitalised with influenza from 7 to 16 December. He was hospitalised again on 29 January 1919 suffering from dermatitis and evacuated to England on 3 March, was discharged to furlough after which he reported to the Australian Army Service Corps Training Depot on 15 April, and was granted leave from 6 May to 6 August to work as a motor mechanic, though this was cancelled on 1 July. After a short period of pre-embarkation leave, he left England on board the ‘Argyllshire’ on 2 August, disembarking on 18 September and was discharged on 11 October.
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