James Alexander MOORE

MOORE, James Alexander

Service Numbers: 3442, 3451A
Enlisted: 14 June 1917, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 52nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Moss Vale, New South Wales, December 1895
Home Town: Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Motor mechanic
Died: Killed in Action, Dernancourt, France, 5 April 1918
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

14 Jun 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3442, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
14 Jun 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3442, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
14 Jun 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3442, Sydney, New South Wales
9 Mar 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion
5 Apr 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3451A, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre

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Biography

"...3451A Private James Alexander Moore, 52nd Battalion, of Moss Vale, NSW. A motor mechanic prior to enlistment he embarked from Sydney with the 8th Reinforcements on HMAT Hororata (A20) on 14 June 1917. Pte Moore was killed in action on 5 April 1918, aged 22. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

His body was not recovered from the Battle-field of Dernancourt. Buried in an unmarked grave. (Witness Pte. A Simmons)

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