ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

MOOR, Frank Cruzet

MOOR, Frank Cruzet

Full Name: Frank Cruzet

MOOR

Date of Birth: 10

–

1888

Place of birth: Greenwich

England

Occupation: Lumper

Address: Gelorup WA

Next of Kin: Father-Henry Moor

Next of Kin Address: Gelorup WA

Religion: Methodist

Service Number: 717

Rank: Corporal

Unit/Division: 48th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1914-09-28

Enlistment Location: Helena Vale

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1914-12-22

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1915-02-03

Locations Served:

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Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: KIA

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Pozieres, France

Age at Death: 27

Burial Location: inscription Villers Brettoneux Memorial-No known grave

25/09/1914- Completed Medical Examination Bunbury WA
3/02/1915- To Overseas Base Egypt ex Australia
12/04/1915-Embarked Alexandria with Meditteranean Expeditionary Forces for Gallipoli Peninsula
4/05/1915-Admitted Shebin-el-Kom Hospital then to Convalescent Camp ( Sprain & Contusion Knee )
9/06/1915-Discharged to Rejoin Battalion in the field Gallipoli
20/06/1915-Rejoined Battalion in the field Gallipoli ex Overseas Base Camp Mustapha
4/09/1915-Admitted 4th Field Ambulance Gallipoli ( Gastro Enteritis ) ex 25th Casualty Clearing Station
6/09/1915-Transferred Mudros Lemnos ex Gallipoli
11/09/1915-To No. 3 Aux Convalescent Depot Cairo Egypt
4/10/1915-Admitted Aust & NZ Convalescent Hospital Helouan Egypt
11/11/1915-Discharged to Zeitoun Egypt ex Hospital
15/02/1916-Rejoined Unit in the field Ismailia Egypt
3/03/1916-Transferred 48th Battalion in the field Tel-el-Kebir Egypt
9/03/1916-Promoted CORPORAL in the field Egypt
9/06/1916-Disembarked Marseilles France ex Alexandria
7/08/1916-Wounded in Action France & Reported MISSING IN ACTION
7/08/1916-Reported KILLED IN ACTION Pozieres, France ( Court of Enquiry 4/05/1917 )

Service Medals Awarded

1914/15 Star – No. 14197

British War Medal – No. 7113

Victory Medal – No. 7157

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 324065

 

Memorial Inscriptions

Villers-Brettoneux War Memorial, France

Australian War Memorial Canberra – Panel No. 146

Bunbury War Memorial, Western Australia.

 

Soldier’s Burial Details.

28/10/1919– Army Base Records Letter to Soldier’s Father – ”  Buried at a spot close to Contalmaison- Pozieres Road, three and three-quarter Miles North East of Albert “.