John William Chapman MOORE

Regimental number29695
OccupationCheesemaker
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emma Moore, Otautau, Southland
Rank on embarkationLance Sergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 22nd Reinforcements, Specialist Company, Machine Gun Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington
Members of the Specialists Company left New Zealand on board three ships(HMNZT 'Mokoia', 13 February 1917; HMNZT 'Navua', 16 February 1917; and HMNZT 'Aparima', 16 February 1917). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 8 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialBoulogne Eastern Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row I, Grave No 108), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: E. and the late J.W. Moore, of Otautau, Southland. Native of Riverton
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 55, p. 22

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