MOORE, Jack Ralston
| Service Number: | 9578 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Royal Flying Corps |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 4 April 1895 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Apprentice fitter |
| Died: | 1953, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour, Broken Hill Silverton Tramway Employees Honour Roll, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 9578, 11th Field Company Engineers | |
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| 31 May 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 9578, 11th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 9578, 11th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suevic, Adelaide | |
| 16 Mar 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 9578, 11th Field Company Engineers, Discharged to the Royal Flying Corps with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant | |
| 17 Mar 1917: | Involvement Royal Flying Corps |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Broken Hill, SA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Lieutenant Jack Ralston Moore RFC was awarded the Air Force Cross in November 1918. He served in France with 54 Squadron RFC and led a charmed life. In the space of one month in around April 1918 he had the controls of his Sopwith Camel shot away during an engagement with enemy aircraft and was injured. Three weeks later his Camel was shot through by enemy machine gun fire on offensive patrol. Three days later he was injured again when his Camel was shot down after direct hit on the propeller by enemy gunfire near Forest de Nieppe while on offensive patrol. He survived the war and post-Armistice he returned to Adelaide and in 1919 formed the Aerial Transport Co of South Australia: operated briefly during 1920, then left aviation. He also served for 6 years during WW2 as a Captain in the Recruiting Staff Adelaide for the Australian Army. Jack had served in the 1st AIF with the 11th Field Company Engineers and left Australia in May 1916.
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