Edward Hastings MOORE

Regimental number10/404
Date of birth08/091891
Place of birthWanganui
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDraper and colthier
AddressCaius Avenue, Gonville, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 9.5"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinHastings Moore, Caius Avenue, Gonville, Wanganui
Previous military serviceWanganui Defence Cadets (1908); Wanganui Highland Rifle Volunteers (1908); 'A' Company, 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment (1911)
Enlistment date13 August 1914
Place of enlistmentWanganui
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankSergeant
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 21 July 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Appointed Lance Sergeant, 27 December 1914.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Appointed Sergeant, 18 April 1915.

Wounded in action, Anzac, 8 August 1915 (shrapnel wound, back); admitted to HS 'Andania', Mudros, 15 August 1915; transferred to Fulham Military Hospital, England, 30 August 1915; discharged to furlough, 10 January 1916; marched into NZ Base Depot, Grey Towers, 27 January 1916.

Marched into NZ Command Depot, Codford, 6 July 1916.

Appointed Temporary Company Sergeant Major while employed with Convalescent Section, Codford, 20 September 1916.

Classified unfit, 28 March 1917.

Marched out to NZ Discharge Depot, Torquay, 5 May 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HMNZT 'Awara', 21 July 1917; disembarked New Zealand, 24 September 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit for active service on account of wounds received in action), 15 November 1917.

Total war service: 3 years 95 days (of which 2 years 344 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death11 February 1955 , Wanganui
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 24170632
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21376836