Peter Alfred MOORES

Regimental number25/1781
OccupationCheesemaker
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Moores, Matamau, Dannevirke
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 2nd Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
Members of G Company left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahitit'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to identify on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 2 October 1916
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot V, Row B, Grave No 33), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs C. Hitchman (formerly Moores), Rua Roa, Dannevirke
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 27, p. 10

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