Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Echuca, Victoria |
School | Echuca State School; Echuca Grammar School, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Bank officer |
Address | Hawthorn, Victoria |
Age at embarkation | 28 |
Next of kin | Father, Henry Moorhouse, 61 Manning Tree Road, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 14th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/31/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Captain |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 14th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Joined the Bank of New South Wales, Echuca branch, 3 December 1903. transferred to Mansfield branch (as ledger keeper), 20 June 1908; to Urana branch (as assistant), 15 August 1910; to Head Office, Sydney, 18 October 1912; to Parramatta branch (as ledger keeper), 26 November 1912. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | Ridge Wood Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row L, Grave No. 2), Voormezeele, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 142 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry and Louisa MOORHOUSE, 61 Manningtree Road, Hawthorn, Victoria. Native of Echuca, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Promoted Sergeant, Broadmeadows Camp, 2 March 1915; 2nd Lt, 24 March 1915. Wounded in action, 8 August 1915; invalided to England; rejoined unit in Egypt, 20 December 1915. Killed by a shell shortly after returning from a successful raid on German trwenches. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | 'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), pp. 289-90. |