John Earl MOULDEY

Birthdate: School records give 20 January 1896, Military File gives 20 March 1895.

George Harold 2/1053 and Jack went overseas at the same time – George was at the Dardanelles and came home in 1916.

Father's address: 3 Andrew Young St, Palmerston North

Last employer: GW Stewart, Dannevirke

NOK: Mr Kenneth MOULDEY (brother), Solway College, Masterton

Declared age on enlistment: 20 years

Height: 5' 4" Weight: 114lb

Chest: 32" - 34"

Date of arrival overseas: mid/late Nov 1915

Theatres of war: Egyptian 1915, 1916; Egyptian EF 1916; Western European 1916

Surname: MOULDEY

War memorial: Manakau School Roll of Honour

Place enlisted: Palmerston North

Christian names: John Earl

Place of arrival overseas: Egypt

School: Manakau 13 February 1905 - ?; Manakau 1 May 1908 - ?; Lower Hutt; Palmerston

Wars: WW 1

Service number: 23/525

Religion: C of E

Date enlisted: 28 May 1915

Final rank: Rifleman

Regiment or service: 7th Reinforcements 1st Bn 3rd NZ Rifle Brigade

Embarkation date: 09 October 1915

User reference: 13.109

Date of birth: 20 January 1896

Date of death: 15 September 1916

Place of birth: Foxton, New Zealand

Alias: Jack

Awards: 1914 - 15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal

Occupation: Farm Hand

Cause of death: Killed in action

Place of death: Somme, France

Buried where: Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme. XLI.F.14

Spouses name: Unmarried

Fathers name: John Moses Mouldey

Fathers date of birth: 30 July 1869

Fathers place of birth: Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand

Fathers date of death: 24 October 1940

Fathers place of death: Porirua Hospital, Wellington

Mothers name: Alice (née Tanner)

Mothers date of birth: abt 1876

Mothers date of death: 1904

Parents date of marriage: 1894

Siblings: George Harold , Kathleen Eleanor Victoria Alice , Kenneth Henry Nethercote , Constance Elaine Sophia , and Marcus Alfred (b 1903

Parents place of marriage: New Zealand