Douglas Gifford MOORE

Regimental number13/874
Date of birth22 May 1891
Place of birthHokitika
OccupationFarmer
AddressPalmerston North
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 11"
Weight172 lbs
Next of kinFather, Herbert Gifford Moore, Solicitor, Palmerston North
Previous military serviceChrist's College Cadets (4 years); 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles Regiment, Territorial Force (4 years and still serving at time of enlistment)
Enlistment date12 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham Military Camp
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankLieutenant
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
Discharge date19 June 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Invalided to New Zealand on HT 'Willochra', 25 September 1915; discharged from NZEF as unfit for Active Service, but fit for Home Service (medically unfit: wounded, spinal concussion) and transferred to the establishment of 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles Regiment, Territorial Force, 19 June 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death30 June 1944
Age at death53
Place of burialOtumoetai
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Fourth
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7880541

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