'Has been in command of his Battalion since it landed at Anzac on 25th April. He commanded the Battalion in its attacks from Monash Gully on 2 May and at Cape Helles. He has since done good work in command of various Posts in Monash Gully.'
Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', 5 November 1915

Regimental number	8/1155
Date of birth	9 July 1879
Place of birth	Hove, Sussex, England
Religion	Church of England
Occupation	Soldier
Address	Dunedin
Marital status	Married
Age at embarkation	35
Height	5' 9.5"
Weight	140 lbs
Next of kin	Wife, Mrs Athelstan Moore, c/o Sir Charles R McGrigor Bart, 39 Panton Street, Haymarket, London, England
Previous military service	On loan to New Zealand Staff Corps (April 1911 - August 1914); Lieutenant, West African Field Force, Nigeria, 1903-1906 (MID); Lieutenant, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, South African War, 1899-1902 (awarded DSO and MID); commissioned in Durham Light Infantry.
Enlistment date	13 August 1914
Place of enlistment	Dunedin
Rank on embarkation	Major
Enlistment status	Volunteer
Unit name	New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
	Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Final unit	1st Battalion, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)	Mention in Despatches 'Has been in command of his Battalion since it landed at Anzac on 25th April. He commanded the Battalion in its attacks from Monash Gully on 2 May and at Cape Helles. He has since done good work in command of various Posts in Monash Gully.' Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', 5 November 1915
Fate	Died of wounds 14 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records	39
Place of burial	Ypres Reservoir Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No 15), near Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records	Parents: E. S. F. and Mary Moore, 11 St James's Terrace, Regent's Park, London; Wife: Norah Kathleen Moore.
Medals
Discharge date	25 August 1916
Other details	War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Enlisted with rank of Major and appointed to position of Adjutant, Otago Infantry Battalion, 14 August 1914. Proceeded overseas from Wellington, 16 October 1914. Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914. Assumes command of the Otago Battalion and promoted to rank of temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in the absence of Lieutenant-Colonel T. W. McDonald (sent back to New Zealand due to ill-health), 29 December 1914. Proceeded overseas with unit from Alexandria to the Dardanelles on board HMT 'Annaberg', 10 April 1915. Slightly wounded but remains on duty, 8 August 1915 (gun shot wound, back). Admitted to HMT 'Alaunia' and evacuated to hospital in Alexandria, Egypt, 13 August 1915 (shrapnel, left leg); admitted to 19th General Hospital, Alexandria, 14 August 1915. Re-admitted to 19th General Hospital with new disease, 31 August 1915 (enteric dysentery); embarked for England on board HMHS 'Egypt' for three months further treatment, 22 October 1915. Having vacated the command of the Otago Battalion is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (on account of ill health), 24 February 1916. Embarked for Egypt from England, 15 March 1916. Appointed to be officer in command of all New Zealand training units and depots and is seconded from the Otago Regiment while so deployed, Egypt, 29 March 1916. Relinquishes command of all New Zealand training units and depots and assumes command of 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, Moascar, Egypt, 5 April 1916. Proceeded with 2nd Otago Battalion from Alexandria, Egypt on board HMT 'Llandovery Castle' to France, 9 April 1916; disembarked at Marseilles, France, 16 April 1916. Assumes temporary command of the 2nd Infantry Brigade in the absence on leave of Brigadier-General Braithwaite, 27 April 1916; relinquishes temporary command of 2nd Infantry Brigade, 5 May 1916. Ordered to proceed to assume temporary command of 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers, 24 August 1916. Struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on transfer back to the British Army, 25 August 1916. Subsequently died of wounds while commanding the 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, in Flanders, 14 October 1918. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Sources	Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805 A. E. Byrne, 'Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF, in the Great War 1914-1918' (Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921)