William John Moore

Forenames

William John AWMM

Surname

Moore AWMM

Service number

3844 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Waipara, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr J. Moore (father), Amberley, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM

War

South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

3844 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Queen's South Africa Medal (Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal clasps) AWMM
• King's South Africa Medal (South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 clasps) AWMM

Enlistment

Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

Pre WW1 Vessel was Cornwall AWMM Trooper AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
Dysentery AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 6th Contingent AWMM

Auckland Museum Boer War " The Second Boer War Veterans" Display. Display item is the Roll of Honour of the 6 Contingent which is framed.

His father was named John Moore. AWMM

Death

12 Apr 1901 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Sickness AWMM

Cemetery

Pretoria Cemetery AWMM

Cemetery name

Pretoria Old Cemetry

Public - Waverley - Other relative - 28 October 2016 - NZ War Graces Project
http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/william-john-moore

Grave reference

606

Public - Waverley - Other relative - 28 October 2016 - NZ War Graces Project
http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/william-john-moore

Obituary

New Zealand Herald 17 April 1901 AWMM

Memorial name

• Ranfurly Veterans' Home, 539 Mount Albert Road, Three Kings, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, South African War Memorial 1899 - 1902 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20522260
  Further Reference

References

• Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand.
  Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 1901. H.6A. Nominal Roll
• Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• The New Zealand Herald
  New Zealand Herald 17 April 1901