Walter Henry Lankey was born in 1880 to Mary and James Lankey. It seems that after his mother passed away in 1882, when he was almost two years of age, he grew up with John and Mary Moore and adopted the name of John Moore.
John enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on the 15th of October 1916 and served in France on the Western Front returning home in 1919.
When he enlisted he was single, 36 years of age, with a height of 5ft 9 ½ inches tall, and described as having a fair complexion with blue eyes, brown hair.
On his NZEF Attestation for General Service he identifies his parents and John and Mary Moore born in Hutt, NZ. His last residence was c/- Grainger in Waipukurau, and his last employer was Alex. Johnston Hanstead where he worked as a ploughman.
He departed Wellington, New Zealand, on the 16th of February 1917 on the SS Apirima for England and marched into Etaples, France, on the 8th of June 1917. Wounded in action with a shrapnel injury to the thigh on the 13th of July 1917 he was transferred to a hospital in England and on the 31st of July 1917 was awarded the Croix de Guerre Medal by the General Commanding the 1st French Army for distinguished services rendered during the campaign.
On the 18th of May 1918 he rejoined his unit in France and in September was admitted to the hospital in Harfleur in the Normandy Region of France for boils, indicative of the conditions the soldiers were living in. He returned to Etaples, France, and rejoined his battalion on the 18th of September 1918 and was wounded for second time on the 6th of November 1918.
At the conclusion of the war he embarked for New Zealand on the 10th of May 1919 on the Waimea, arriving home on the 23 of June 1919.
When he passed away in 1962 the District Public Trustee contacted the Army Department endeavouring to trace the next of kin for John Moore, the army were only able to provide that his next of kin was W. Grainger a friend in Waipukurau, New Zealand.
John enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on the 15th of October 1916 and served in France on the Western Front returning home in 1919.
When he enlisted he was single, 36 years of age, with a height of 5ft 9 ½ inches tall, and described as having a fair complexion with blue eyes, brown hair.
On his NZEF Attestation for General Service he identifies his parents and John and Mary Moore born in Hutt, NZ. His last residence was c/- Grainger in Waipukurau, and his last employer was Alex. Johnston Hanstead where he worked as a ploughman.
He departed Wellington, New Zealand, on the 16th of February 1917 on the SS Apirima for England and marched into Etaples, France, on the 8th of June 1917. Wounded in action with a shrapnel injury to the thigh on the 13th of July 1917 he was transferred to a hospital in England and on the 31st of July 1917 was awarded the Croix de Guerre Medal by the General Commanding the 1st French Army for distinguished services rendered during the campaign.
On the 18th of May 1918 he rejoined his unit in France and in September was admitted to the hospital in Harfleur in the Normandy Region of France for boils, indicative of the conditions the soldiers were living in. He returned to Etaples, France, and rejoined his battalion on the 18th of September 1918 and was wounded for second time on the 6th of November 1918.
At the conclusion of the war he embarked for New Zealand on the 10th of May 1919 on the Waimea, arriving home on the 23 of June 1919.
When he passed away in 1962 the District Public Trustee contacted the Army Department endeavouring to trace the next of kin for John Moore, the army were only able to provide that his next of kin was W. Grainger a friend in Waipukurau, New Zealand.
Walter Henry Lankey was born in 1880 to Mary and James Lankey. It seems that after his mother passed away in 1882, when he was almost two years of age, he grew up with John and Mary Moore and adopted the name of John Moore.
John enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on the 15th of October 1916 and served in France on the Western Front returning home in 1919.
When he enlisted he was single, 36 years of age, with a height of 5ft 9 ½ inches tall, and described as having a fair complexion with blue eyes, brown hair.
On his NZEF Attestation for General Service he identifies his parents and John and Mary Moore born in Hutt, NZ. His last residence was c/- Grainger in Waipukurau, and his last employer was Alex. Johnston Hanstead where he worked as a ploughman.
He departed Wellington, New Zealand, on the 16th of February 1917 on the SS Apirima for England and marched into Etaples, France, on the 8th of June 1917. Wounded in action with a shrapnel injury to the thigh on the 13th of July 1917 he was transferred to a hospital in England and on the 31st of July 1917 was awarded the Croix de Guerre Medal by the General Commanding the 1st French Army for distinguished services rendered during the campaign.
On the 18th of May 1918 he rejoined his unit in France and in September was admitted to the hospital in Harfleur in the Normandy Region of France for boils, indicative of the conditions the soldiers were living in. He returned to Etaples, France, and rejoined his battalion on the 18th of September 1918 and was wounded for second time on the 6th of November 1918.
At the conclusion of the war he embarked for New Zealand on the 10th of May 1919 on the Waimea, arriving home on the 23 of June 1919.
When he passed away in 1962 the District Public Trustee contacted the Army Department endeavouring to trace the next of kin for John Moore, the army were only able to provide that his next of kin was W. Grainger a friend in Waipukurau, New Zealand.
John enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on the 15th of October 1916 and served in France on the Western Front returning home in 1919.
When he enlisted he was single, 36 years of age, with a height of 5ft 9 ½ inches tall, and described as having a fair complexion with blue eyes, brown hair.
On his NZEF Attestation for General Service he identifies his parents and John and Mary Moore born in Hutt, NZ. His last residence was c/- Grainger in Waipukurau, and his last employer was Alex. Johnston Hanstead where he worked as a ploughman.
He departed Wellington, New Zealand, on the 16th of February 1917 on the SS Apirima for England and marched into Etaples, France, on the 8th of June 1917. Wounded in action with a shrapnel injury to the thigh on the 13th of July 1917 he was transferred to a hospital in England and on the 31st of July 1917 was awarded the Croix de Guerre Medal by the General Commanding the 1st French Army for distinguished services rendered during the campaign.
On the 18th of May 1918 he rejoined his unit in France and in September was admitted to the hospital in Harfleur in the Normandy Region of France for boils, indicative of the conditions the soldiers were living in. He returned to Etaples, France, and rejoined his battalion on the 18th of September 1918 and was wounded for second time on the 6th of November 1918.
At the conclusion of the war he embarked for New Zealand on the 10th of May 1919 on the Waimea, arriving home on the 23 of June 1919.
When he passed away in 1962 the District Public Trustee contacted the Army Department endeavouring to trace the next of kin for John Moore, the army were only able to provide that his next of kin was W. Grainger a friend in Waipukurau, New Zealand.
Inscription
1st NZEF
38564 Rfm
J Moore
Rifle Brigade
Died 22 May 1962
Aged 81
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