Ronald Joseph Moore

Forenames

Ronald Joseph AWMM

Surname

Moore AWMM

Service number

1248 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

• 10 September 1915
  Public - David - Researcher - 26 August 2021 - Find A Grave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54490479/ronald-joseph-moore
• September 1915
  Public - David - Researcher - 26 August 2021 - Wikipedia page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Joseph_Moore

Place of birth

Te Aroha

Public - David - Researcher - 26 August 2021 - Wikipedia page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Joseph_Moore

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM C/o L. Patterson, Toaroa Road, Taihape, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs A. Moore (mother), Hautapu Street, Taihape, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

1248 AWMM

Military service

Long Range Desert Group AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
• Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) AWMM
  London Gazette 25/04/1941 AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
• Africa Star 1939-1945
  Public - Tony - Child - 29 July 2026 - Medal

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Trooper AWMM

Last rank

New Zealand Armoured Corps, 2nd Divisional Cavalry AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Wikidata Entity
  http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7364997
  Further Reference
• A radio talk recorded by Ronald Moore in April 1941 can be heard on Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision's online catalogue
  https://ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=211644
  Further Reference
• Johnston, Sarah. (2023). “With the boys overseas: How Homefront listeners shaped the work of Aotearoa New Zealand's first battlefront broadcasters”. New Zealand Journal of Public History, 9, 33-58.
  https://phanza.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Sarah-Johnston-With-the-Boys-Overseas.pdf
  Further Reference
• Johnston, Sarah. (2023). Voices of the Long Range Desert Group: the brains behind the S.A.S. “Rogue Heroes”. World War Voices: Recordings of New Zealanders at war, 1940-1945
  https://worldwarvoices.wordpress.com/2023/04/16/voices-of-the-long-range-desert-group-the-brains-behind-the-s-a-s-rogue-heroes/
  Further Reference
• Audio recordings of Moore's experience in the war
  Public - David - Researcher - 25 August 2021 - https://ngataonga.org.nz/collections/search?utf8=✓&i%5Bhas_media%5D=true&filter=catalogue&text=200+mile+desert+walk

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 1: WW2 127
• L.R.D.G. Membership Roll February 1970. Long Range Desert Group (N.Z. Association). Auckland Museum EPH-W2-11-27.
• O'Carroll, B. (2000). The Kiwi scorpions : the story of the New Zealanders in the Long Range Desert Group. Devon, England: Token Publishing.
• Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Kay, R. (1949). Long Range Desert Group in Libya, 1940-41. Wellington, N.Z. : War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs.
• Kay, R. L. (1950). Long Range Desert Group in the Mediterranean. Wellington, N.Z. : War History Branch Department of Internal Affairs.
• Sanders, J. (1976). Desert patrols : New Zealanders with the Long Range Desert Group. Auckland: Wilson and Horton.
• Gower-Collins, C. (1999). Raids, road watches, and reconnaisance : an analysis of the New Zealand contribution to the Long Range Desert Group in North Africa, 1940-1943 : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History at Massey University [Dissertation].