Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial | 22 | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.130 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 12C GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of the late James Moore, of 169, Church St., Dublin, Ireland.n Hotel Manager, resident at 1914 in the immediate pre-war period.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Wellington Regiment N.Z.E.F. |
Mike: BEAN Wellington Battalion, 253, 641n, in Second Battle of Krithia, 15-9, 36-7, casualties, 40; at Quinn?s, 247, 252; in attack on Chunuk Bair: its role, 577-8, 666, attacks, 636-7, 666-8, defends captured position, 671-8, stren th after fight, 679, mounted d e s relieve,679. |
| Action : Gallipoli |
The Gallipoli Campaign was fought on the Gallipoli peninsula 25th April 1915 to 9th January 1916. in a failed attempt to defeat Turkey by seizing the Dardanelles and capturing Istanbul. Ill-conceived and planned, the initial effort by the Royal Navy failed to force passage through the Dardanelles by sea power alone. It was then realised that a land force was needed to support the project by suppressing the Turkish mobile artillery batteries. By the time all was ready the Turks were well aware and well prepared. Despite amazing heroics on the day of the landings only minor beachheads were achieved and over the succeeding 8 months little progress was made. Eventually the beachheads were evacuated in a series of successful ruses.
Despite Gallipoli rightly becoming a national source of pride to Australians and New Zealanders, far more British casualties were sustained, and these days the substantial French contribution is almost forgotten.
Detail :
See also: NZ War Graves.
See also: Otago Daily Times Issue 16483, 8th September 1915. THE WAR. ROLL OF HONOUR NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES Wellington, September 7. The following casualties to members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces are announced. The names of the next-of-kin are given in parentheses:- Killed in Action [...] WELLINGTON BATTALION (August 10). Private WILLIAM JOSEPH MOORE (Miss A. Clarke, Liverpool).[...]"
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Beadon No. 619 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
18th November 1914 | 20th January 1915 | 17th February 1915 |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley