Moore Morpeth

Forenames

Moore AWMM

Surname

Morpeth AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/1039 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre 12 Aug 1915 AWMM A.J. Hurndall, Hamilton Road, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 H.D. Morpeth (father), Waihi, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/1039 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 12 Aug 1915 AWMM Law Clerk/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Battalion, 6th (Hauraki) Company AWMM

Death

25 Apr 1915 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM
• St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, 65 Jervois Rd, Ponsonby, Auckland 1011 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21377409
  Sources Used
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/720347/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/720347
  Further Reference

References

• Morpeth, T. (2008). The "Waiheathens" at Gallipoli. Waihi, N.Z.: A.P. Morpeth. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2010-22.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 518
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Hickford, Paul, They Marched to War, 2019, pp. 18, 271 & 272.
  Public - Paul - Researcher - 28 April 2021 - Tribute to Bank of New Zealand staff and their family members who served in WWI.