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Ashby Charles Moore

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ashby Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Moore AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ashley Charles Moore AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 51660 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 July 1894 AWMM Nelson, Tasman AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Agnes Moore (mother), Airedale, 164 Hardy Street, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 51660 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Engineer/Military AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Ashley Moore was the son of Agnes Moore, of "Wharepuni," 56 Milton St., Nelson, New Zealand, and the late James F. Moore. AWMM
    • Lance Corporal Ashley Charles Moore (1884-1917).
      (* Also known as Ashby Charles Moore).
      Service # 51660, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, C. Company, 1NZEF.
      Born 17 July 1884 - at Nelson.
      Son of Mrs Agnes and (the late) James Moore - of 56 Milton Street, Nelson.
      Prior to enlistment for war service Ashley was employed as an engineer - by Kirsthows Engineering, 164 Hardy Street, Nelson.
      Ashley enlisted for war service on 9 March 1917 - at Nelson.
      On 12 June 1917 Lance Corporal Moore embarked from New Zealand - for overseas war service - aboard troop transport ship either HMNZT 86 or 87 - 'Tahiti' or 'Maunganui'
      On 16 August 1917 he disembarked from his troop transport ship at Devonport, England.
      On 23 September 1917 Lance Corporal Moore departed from Sling Camp at England for war service at France & Belgium.
      On 9 October 1917 Lance Corporal Moore joined his battalion in the field - at France - and joined 13th Company.
      3 days later on 12 October 1917 Lance Corporal Moore was killed in action at Passchendaele, Belgium. 12 October 1917 - at Passchendaele, Belgium - has been referred to as New Zealand's Blackest Day - where in the first 4 hours of fighting 846 New Zealand Officers and soldiers were killed in action or died of wounds in the field - including 47 Nelson men.
      Lance Corporal Ashley C. Moore is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.
      He is also remembered on the Nelson Cenotaph, ANZAC Park, Nelson City.
      Lance Corporal Ashley C. Moore's name also appears on the World War 1 'Wall of Remembrance' - in the Fernery, at Founders Park - which is on the same street - Milton Street - as Lance Corporal Moore's mother house. Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 5 February 2022 - Reference : Military File (Archway - National Archives, New Zealand).
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Death

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  • Death
    12 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    • Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
    • Nelson Cenotaph, Anzac Park, Nelson Public - Peter - Researcher - 30 October 2018 - on site

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
22 October 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
05 February 2022JeniferWairarapaResearcher
30 October 2018PeterNelsonResearcher

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