MORAN, William
| Service Number: | 518 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia, 3 August 1865 |
| Home Town: | Inglewood, Goondiwindi, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 518, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance | |
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| 1 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance | |
| 16 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 518, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Corporal, 518, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| Date unknown: | Embarked Corporal, 518, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William Moran was a tailor in Inglewood, Queensland when he enlisted during October 1914, married to Christina Moran. He was born in 1865 and was almost 50 years of age at the time, though he stated he was 43 years of age.
He was in the 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance and served at Gallipoli from mid-May 1915 when the Light Horse units were sent there, minus their horses. William was wounded in the shoulder by shrapnel and evacuated to Egypt by the end of May 1915.
His two younger brothers Sydney Luke Moran and Bernard Herbert Moran also served in the Dardanelles in 1915.
William's sons George Washington Moran, Sydney Gordon Wolsely Moran and William James Moran also fought in WW1. George was at the evacuation of Anzac Cove. He was killed in France at Gueudecourt on 4 February 1917 and his brother Sydney was killed at the Battle of Polygon Wood in Belgium during September 1917. Both brothers have unmarked graves. The third brother William James served with the British Army and though after the war his father thought he had been killed in France, it seems he may have been a prisoner of the Germans for some time.
From his service file, it seems William may have spent much of his time after Gallipoli working as the tailor to the 2nd Light Horse Regiment. William was returned to Australia as ‘over age’ during April 1918, not long after the death of his second son.
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