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Post by shorty on Aug 22, 2011 16:21:12 GMT 12
Don't forget Dave that these medals were struck for issue to all Commonwealth forces, not just us and the poms.
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Post by Luther Moore on Aug 22, 2011 18:18:38 GMT 12
Shorty, can I please have your help with those ribbons? I had three Great Grandfathers serve in WWI, I have all medals of theirs. I know the ribbons in the photos on this thread are from my Fathers side, I have two medals(not in the photo)of
Peter Auckland Moore- Maori Battalion. Peter Dalton -Wellinton mounted rifles, died 1918.
Would you have a clue to who's ribbons belonged to who? Maybe you or someone might have an idea of where these two would of served and what ribbons they would of received?
Cheers
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Post by Luther Moore on Aug 22, 2011 22:08:51 GMT 12
Uploaded with ImageShack.usAlso I found this photo it's one of the two mentioned above, but I can't figure out what one. Anyone know if it looks like Maori Battalion or Mounted rifles?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 22, 2011 22:39:42 GMT 12
Maori Battalion did not exist till 1939 and as that is marked 1917, it is not Maori Battalion.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 22, 2011 23:18:15 GMT 12
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Post by Luther Moore on Aug 23, 2011 0:03:44 GMT 12
Dave, I think you just figured it out, Thanks.
I zoomed in but its to blurry to see the badge on the hat.
Also you see the stick he is holding?could it be the stick they hit the horses with?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 23, 2011 3:45:29 GMT 12
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Post by Tony on Aug 23, 2011 13:39:10 GMT 12
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Post by strikemaster on Aug 23, 2011 14:04:05 GMT 12
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Post by Tony on Aug 23, 2011 14:56:02 GMT 12
Somewhere there is a memorial plaque commemorating NZ troops killed during one of the landings in the islands when their landing craft suffered a direct hit from a mortar or artillery shell.
The worst 'single incident' loss of life the 3rd division suffered
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Post by Luther Moore on Nov 3, 2011 3:00:48 GMT 12
Air Force Losses in my Nov 9th 1943 newspaper Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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Post by atillathenunns on Feb 6, 2012 23:58:31 GMT 12
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Post by Luther Moore on Feb 7, 2012 0:39:15 GMT 12
Thank you! it's finally solved.
Full Name George Auckland Moore Forename(s) George Auckland Surname Moore War World War I, 1914-1918 Serial No. 16/1487 First Known Rank Private Occupation before Enlistment Shepherd Next of Kin J.A. Moore (father), Tolaga Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand Body on Embarkation Maori Contingent Embarkation Unit 4th Reinforcements No. 2 Platoon Embarkation Date 26 June 1916 Place of Embarkation Wellington, New Zealand Transport HMNZT 56 HMNZT 57 Vessel Maunganui or Tahiti Destination Devonport, England Nominal Roll Number 34 Page on Nominal Roll 40 Archives NZ source Military personnel file Sources Used Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917
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