Lieutenant Richard Kingsmill Pennefather “Dick” Moore
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Lieutenant Richard Kingsmill Pennefather “Dick” Moore Veteran

Birth
Charleville, Murweh Shire, Queensland, Australia
Death
1 Jul 1942 (aged 56)
At Sea
Monument
Campbell, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Add to Map
Plot
At Sea aboard SS Montevideo Maru
Memorial ID
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Son of Richard Albert Moore and Ida Mary Bourne;
Husband of Edith Elizabeth Lucas married in Sydney - 6th March 1935.
MANAGER OF TATAVANA PLANTATION NEW BRITAIN
Served World War 1 Lieutenant - 15th Light Horse Regiment and 3rd Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps.
(AWARDED MILITARY CROSS (MC)
Son of Richard Albert Moore and Ida Mary Bourne;
Husband of Edith Elizabeth Lucas married in Sydney - 6th March 1935.
MANAGER OF TATAVANA PLANTATION NEW BRITAIN
Served World War 1 Lieutenant - 15th Light Horse Regiment and 3rd Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps.
(AWARDED MILITARY CROSS (MC)

Gravesite Details

Drowned at Sea whilst under transport from Rabaul on the prisoner ship Montevideo Maru, when that ship was torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine Sturgeon (SS-187).