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John MOORE

Regimental number3012
Place of birthBarcaldine, Queensland
SchoolBoys' State School, Queensland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationWell borer
AddressBox 102, Rockhampton, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Samuel E Moore, PO Box 102, Rockhampton, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed as Signaller in the Cadet Corps, Boys' Central School, Rockhampton, Queensland.
Enlistment date29 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name47th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/64/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on 27 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 April 1918
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialTerlincthun British Cemetery (Collective Grave, Plot XIII, Row F, Grave No 10-11), Wimille, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
144
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Originally recorded as 'No known grave' and listed on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux; buried in a collective grave with 3233 Pte W.R. TEDFORD and 7225 Pte A.C. ROCKLIFFE, whose intermingled remains were discovered at Dernancourt, 13 September 1978.~Parents: Samuel Ernest and Mary MOORE
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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