William Ernest Moore

Forenames

William Ernest AWMM

Surname

Moore AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1882 New Zealand Lawyers Roll of Honour

Address before enlistment

WW1 Esplanade Road, Mount Eden AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Military Cross (MC) AWMM
  Citation for Military Cross (MC): "2nd Lt. William Ernest Moore, R.F.A., Spec. Res. For conspicuous gallantry in action. He displayed great courage and skill in maintaining communication under very heavy fire. He set a splendid example throughout." (London Gazette (online), issue 29940, published 13 February 1917, p. 1542) AWMM
• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  London Gazette 14 November 1916, p11146, Rec No 80 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Lawyer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 Royal Horse Artillery AWMM British Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Captain/Military AWMM
Royal Field Artillery, 86th Army Brigade AWMM

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

Next of Kin: Dr Eisdell-Moore, symonds St, Auck. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

14 Nov 1917 AWMM

Age at death

33

Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 3 October 2015 - Family memorial

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

Cable advice was received last week by Mr. J. E. Moore, Esplanade Road, Mount Eden, that his eldest son, Captain William Ernest Moore, had been killed in action while superintending his battery. Captain Moore was educated at the Auckland Grammar School, subsequently taking his LL.B. degree at the Auckland University College. He received his legal training in the office of Mr. A[.] Hanna, with whom he remained for eight years. He then practised on his own account. Shortly after the outbreak of war he went to England, and enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery. He received rapid promotion, and, as acting-major, was for four months in charge of his battery. Captain Moore was recently awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous bravery in action. Mr. Moore's other son, Captain A. Tisdall Moore, of the R.A.M.C., is at present in charge of a military hospital at Bristol. Previously he served two years in France and one in Mesopotamia. (Auckland Weekly News, 6 December 1917, p. 19)

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Second Term, 1918.

Private advice was received on Monday that Captain W. E. Moore, M.C., of the Royal Field Artillery, was reported missing on November 14. Captain Moore, who is a barrister and solicitor, left Auckland about [?] ago. (Auckland Weekly News, 29 November 1917, p. 20) AWMM

Memorial name

Family plot memorial, Waikaraka Cemetery, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand

Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 3 October 2015 - Personal visit

Memorial reference

Area 1 Block G Lot No 102A

Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 3 October 2015 - Auckland City Council cemeteries database; http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/cemeteries/cemetery.html

Memorial name

• Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
• Memorial gates, Mt Eden Normal Primary School,Valley Road, Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/831344/moore,-william-ernest/
  Sources Used
• The London Gazette website
  http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Historic Places Trust Register: Auckland Grammar War Memorial
  http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=4472
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Lawyers Roll of Honour, New Zealand Law Society website
  http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/news-and-communications/people-in-the-law/obituaries/obituaries-list/william-ernest-moore-mc,-c1882-1917
  Further Reference
• Lives of the First World War
  https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/7188461
  Further Reference
• William Ernest Moore MC - Captain/2nd Lieutenant, Imperial Forces - Casualty for [coversheet only - see file BR 37/3116]
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22422302
  Further Reference
• Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210315175255/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1CMRi-t1-body.html
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
  Ayun Kara Memorial (since destroyed) erected at the site of the original burials to remember those who died 14 November 1917 from Powles, C.G. (1922), p. 264
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1916, Third term. pp.41-42.
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1918, Second term. pp. 10-11.
• Auckland Weekly News
  Obituary: Auckland Weekly News, 6 December 1917, p. 19.
• Auckland Weekly News
  Auckland Weekly News, 29 November 1917, p. 20.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.