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MOIR, William Francis
(Service number 7/93)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	27/11/1894	Place of Birth	Dunedin

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	C/o H. A. Le Cren, Fairlie
Occupation	Gardener
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	James MOIR, 46 Nelson Street, South Dunedin
Religion	Roman Catholic
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	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
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Discharge

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Death

Date	1 June 1973	Age	78 years
Place of Death	Dunedin
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin
Memorial Reference	Block S 82, Plot 6
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Francis Moir served in both World War One and World War Two (Home). He was the son of James and Mary Ann Moir, of Dunedin. His brother, James Alexander Moir, was killed in action in 1918 in France.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [11 May 2017]; Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin, eadstone image & burial record (Dunedin City Council) [12 May 2017]; Otago Daily Times, 7 September 1915, Otago Witness, 15 September 1915 (Papers Past) [10 & 12 May 2017]

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