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James Arthur MOFFITT

Regimental number652
Place of birthIrvinstown Ireland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBacon curer
AddressSydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, William Moffitt, Barnelackin, Edderney PO, County Fermanagh, Ireland
Enlistment date25 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A23 Suffolk on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 3 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialVlamertinghe Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 6), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
33
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Ardess (Old) Cemetery, Church of Ireland, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland. Parents: William (d. 9 March 1915, aged 77; bu. Ardess [Old] Cemetery) and Eliza Jane MOFFITT (d. 1 August 1945, aged 82; bu. Ardess [Old] Cemetery), Ederney, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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