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MOORE, Alexander
(Service number 7/234)

Aliases	Joe
First Rank	Trooper.	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	01/11/1893	Place of Birth	Havelock, Marlborough, NZ

Enlistment Information

Date		Age	21yrs
Address at Enlistment	Havelock Suburban, NZ.
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single.
Next of Kin	John Alexander Moore (father), Havelock, Marlborough, NZ.
Religion	Presbyterian.
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army.
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body.
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles.
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic.
Embarked From	Lyttelton, Canterbury, NZ.	Destination	Suez, Egypt.

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles.

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	9 August 1916	Age	22
Place of Death	Egypt
Cause	Killed in Action.
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Memorial Reference	A.84.
New Zealand Memorials	Havelock war Memorial.

Biographical Notes

Alexander Moore was the son of John A. and Alice Moore, of Havelock Suburban, Blenheim, NZ.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database

External Links

Researched and Written by

Lesley Tennent, SC branch NZSG

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