MOORE, Brian Ponsonby Fitzgerald
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Unspecified Indian Army Units |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 July 1887 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Melbourne Grammar School, Bedford Grammar School, Sandhurst |
| Occupation: | Professional Soldier |
| Died: | Died of gangrene of wounds received in Mesopotamia, At Sea aboard Hospital Ship Varela, 9 February 1916, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" KIRKEE 1914-1918 MEMORIAL - Face G. - India |
| Memorials: | Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jan 1916: | Wounded Lieutenant, Officer, Unspecified Indian Army Units, Gun shot wound to the lung, succumbing to injuries on 9th February 1916 on board a hospital ship one day out from Bombay. Lieutenant Moore went to Sandhurst and joined the British Army - Royal Irish Fusiliers as a Lieutenant and in 1912 transferred to the Indian Army - 62nd Punjabis | |
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| 9 Feb 1916: | Involvement Other Commonwealth Forces, Captain, Officer, Unspecified Indian Army Units |
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Birth registration details
Name: Brian Ponsoby Fitzge Moore
Birth Date: Abt 1887
Birth Place: Melbourne, Victoria
Registration Year: 1887
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Father: Walter Robert Moore
Mother: Marian Sophia Greenway
Marriage Registration details
Name: Brian Ponsonby Fitzgerald-Moore
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Birth Date: 1887
Marriage Date: 04 Nov 1913
Marriage Place: Calcutta, Bengal, India
Father: Walter Robert Fitzgerald-Moore
Spouse: Dorothy Frances Farquhar Bernard
FHL Film Number: 527902
Biography contributed by Daryl Jones
BRIAN FITZGERALD MOORE
Who died on 9th February 1916 from wounds sustained in Mesopotamia was the son of Mr. Fitzgerald Moore. He was born in 1887 and
entered the Melbourne Grammar Preparatory School in 1896 and came up to the Melbourne Grammar Senior School in 1900. After leaving School in 1903 he went to England and was at Bedford Grammar School. He went on to Sandhurst and joined the British Army in 1907 as Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Fusiliers. He was transferred in 1912 to the Indian Army, and was Lieutenant in the 62nd Punjabis. He did splendid work in Mesopotamia until he was shot through the left lung. He lived for three weeks, but died on a hospital ship a day out from Bombay.
Source : War Services Old Melburnians 1914 – 1918
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