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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

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Researched and Written by

Lesley Tennent, SC branch NZSG

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