MOORE, Francis Reginald
(Service number 47357)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Lance Corporal |
|---|
Birth
| Date | 14/08/1886 | Place of Birth | Amberley |
|---|
Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address at Enlistment | Waimate | ||
| Occupation | Draper | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | James William MOORE (father), Amberley, Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
|---|
Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 26th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | 9 June 1917 | ||
| Transport | Willochra | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
| Other Units Served With | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Unit Served With | Machine Gun Corps | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Medals | |||
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 |
Death
| Date | 21 July 1979 | Age | 92 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Death | |||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Waimate Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Reginald Francis Moore was born on 14 August 1886 at Amberley, the son of James William and Lizzy Eginton Hemsley (née English) Moore, and was educated at Amberley School. He was a draper at Waimate when his name was drawn in the Military Service Ballot late in 1916. He enlisted as Reginald Moore. Reginald married Ruth Olive Butcher in 1919. They are buried at Waimate, as are Reginald’s parents. R. F. Moore’s services plaque in Qaimate Cemetery bears the service number 47166.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [29 September 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [30 September 2020]; School Admission record [30 September 2020]; Waimate Cemetery headstone image & burial record (waimate District Council) [01 October 2020]; Star, 15 December 1916 (Papers Past) [28 September 2020]
External Links
Related Documents
No documents available.
Researched and Written by
Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG
Currently Assigned to
Not assigned.
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License unless otherwise stated.
Tell us more
Do you have information that could be added to this story? Or related images that you are happy to share? Submit them here!