Just Another Pair Of Socks

Melton District ANZACS

Peter MOORE

Personal

Born: 20 August, 1889

Birth registration: Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration No. 27120

Birthplace: Bangerang, Victoria

Parents: Charles Moore (d. 1931, Cobden)
Marrianne Young (d. 1945)

Died: 1952

Cause: Victoria

Place of death: Heidelberg

Awards and Honours

  • British War Medal 1914-20
  • Victory Medal

Battalions

21st Battalion, 11 Reinforcements

Events

Enlistment

Regimental Service Number: 4476

Enlistment date: 6 July, 1915 Broadmeadows, Melbourne

Age at enlistment: 25 years 11 months

Address at enlistment: High Street, Melton

Religion: Presbyterian

Marital Status: Married

Next of kin: Wife: Edith May Moore

Physical Description: Height: 5 feet 6 inches
Weight: 10 stones 7 pounds
Complexion: Fresh
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Light Brown
Distinctive marks: Scars on Left & Right Knee, Left Temple & Upper Lip

Embarkation ship: RMS Orontes.

Rank: Private

Return Date: 21 April, 1918

Return Vessel: A 29 Seuvic.

Arrival at Australia: 7 June, 1918.At: 6/07/1918

Discharge Date: 30 November, 1918

War Service Summary

06/08/1915 - 12th Depot Battalion, Ascot Vale
29/03/1916 - Embarked Melbourne
10/04/1916 - Disembarked Suez
05/06/1916 - At sea, H.M.T. Nile; smoking between decks; forfeits two days pay
16/07/1916 - Absent Without Leave for 6 hours; forfeits four days pay
09/08/1916 - Admitted to Military Hospital Fargo, Sprain, tight ankle
14/12/1916 - Marched in from England, Etaples
17/12/1916 - Joined Battalion France
22/03/1917 - To hospital France; sprained ankle; receives regular attention March April
12/04/1917 - Synovitis Right Ankle; Boulogne / Outreau
27/04/1917 - Overstaying pass overnight; forfeits 5/-
30/04/1917 - Marched in
11/05/1917 - Rejoined battalion
17/09/1917 - Returned from 2 weeks furlough; in the field
02/10/1917 - Wounded in action with gun-shot wound to his right leg.
04/10/1917 - 5th General Hospital
12/10/1917 - Transferred to England HS Aberdonian from the field and Rouen
14/10/1917 - Discharged Coventry & Warwickshire Hospital to furlough to report Sutton Veny
21/11/1917 - Marched in ex furlough
30/11/1917 - To hospital, sprained tight ankle; Sutton Veny
12/12/1917 - Discharged from Military Hospital Sutton Veny
05/02/1918 - Absent Without Leave for 36 hours; forfeits one days pay; Sutton Veny
21/04/1918 - Returned to Australia
30/11/1918 - Discharged, medically unfit

1942 Enlisted for World War 2; Service No. V147110 and was discharged in 1943 with the rank of Lance Corporal.

War Service Commemerated

Life After the War

Names of wife & children:
1911 Married Edith May Matilda Masters Reg. # 10615

Place/s of residence:
Electoral Rolls
1912 - Bacchus Marsh (with mother Marrianne)
1914 - High St Melton, (Left district early 1916)
1917 - 70 Elm St., Northcote (Edith)
1918 - 35 Darling St Moonee Ponds
1924 - 10 Holmes Rd., Moonee Ponds
1929 - 50 Edwards St., Reservoir
1932 - 91 Turner St., Abbotsford
1936, 1939, 1942, 1949 - 63 Turner St., Abbotsford

Occupations:
1912, 1936, 1949 Labourer
1924 Fruiterer

Date of death:
1952 - age 61; at Heidelberg; Reg. # 5517
Place of burial:

Other relevant information:
A tree in Peter's honour is planted in the Bacchus March Avenue of Honour. Tree # N 173.

28/04/1917 Miss Molly Rogers, c/- Crosbys Hotel, Camperdown, writes to base records to ask if Peter Moore is married.

12/06/1939 Requests duplicate Certificate of Dischatge as this was burnt in fire when my home was destroyed in 1932.

Sources

Australian War Memorial
Service Record