Name
John Percy Moseley
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/05/1915
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
1494
Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
13th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LONE PINE MEMORIAL
38.
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial, St Andrew’s Church Roll of Honour, Hertford, St Andrew’s Church Memorial, Hertford, Christchurch Plaque, now in Holy Trinity Church, Bengeo
Pre War
Born on 22nd December 1883, in Wood Green, London, to parents George and Emily, he was baptised on 8th January 1888, when the family were living at 2 Arlington Place, Camden.
He was one of 12 but in 1911 he was living with his parents and one older brother Robert, they were both unmarried. His father was employed as a wine cellar man and John was a house painter. At the time of his death his mother was living at 16 Port Vale, Hertford.
Wartime Service
Enlisted on 30th October 1914 in Victoria, joined the 13th battalion and after training in Egypt landed at Gallipoli on 25th April 1915. From May onwards the battalion was heavily involved in establishing and holding the ANZAC front line. John suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen during this time and died as a result on 4th May 1915 on board ship, whilst he was being evacuated from Gallipoli and was buried at sea between there and Alexandria on 11th May 1915
Additional Information
John is also commemorated on his sister's headstone in Hertford Corporation
Cemetery. His inscription reads:
ALSO HER BROTHER JOHN PERCY (Moseley)
WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE GREAT WAR AT GALLIPOLI. DURING MAY 1916 AGED 32 YEARS. BURIED AT SEA.
WHO GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE GREAT WAR AT GALLIPOLI. DURING MAY 1916 AGED 32 YEARS. BURIED AT SEA.
recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=7985260
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Terry & Glenis Collins
