John Dudley MOORE

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MOORE, John Dudley

Service Number:	77157
Enlisted:	22 July 1942
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 27 June 1913
Home Town:	Nerang, Gold Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher's Carter
Died:	Aircraft accident, Machan's Beach, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 5 March 1945, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 77157
22 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 77157, RAAF Ground Training Schools
22 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 77157, RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units
5 Mar 1945:	Involvement Leading Aircraftman, RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Edward John and Louise Moore

Husband of Margaret Swan Moore of Coolabunia, Queensland

Commemorated on Panel 7 of the Sydney Memorial

RAAF Lockheed Hudson A16-118 (VMZI-FM) crashed into the sea about 400 yards out from Machan's Beach, just north of the mouth of the Barron River near Cairns - the pilot had been warned not to take off due to a cyclone in the area, however they left from Townsville and crashed near Cairns.

RAAF crew from Number 4 Communications Flight:

Flight Lieutenant John William Newell 404543

Flying Officer Gordon Thomson DFM 400573

Warrant Officer Berrol Samuel Frieze 409400

Flying Officer Donald James Bassett 406465

Leading Aircraftman John Dudley Moore 77157

The aircraft was carrying:

Major General George Alan Vasey VX9 - HQ 7 Australian Division

Major General Rupert Major Downes CMG VD of the Australian Army Medical Corps

Lieutenant Colonel George Anthony Bertram OBE NX324 of Advanced Land HQ "G" Branch Australian Headquarters

Corporal Edward Lewis James NX4011 of Local Administration Staff Australian Headquarters - Batman to General Vasey

Colonel Robert Heathcote Russell DSO NX168 of the Australian Army Medical Corps

Lieutenant William Riggall VX80932 of the Australian Army Service Corps - PA to General Vasey

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