Gunner Godfrey Lincoln Lee (1884-1968) recorded on 2 January 1918, in a letter to his first wife (later edited into a typescript of his WWI experience), the following:

"I have just heard of the death in action of W. E. Moore, a well-known Auckland Solicitor. He had distinguished himself as a soldier and been decorated for bravery, and he once paid me the compliment of saying he would like to have me in his office".

Source: Lincoln Lee, "Walk March", MSS, p.111. See also https://walkmarch.blog