Private Ina Tempest Moore (John) 4256 Private Clement Lockhart Moore 4257

Accession Number AWM2016.538.21
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital pigment print
Maker Parke, Trent
Place made Australia: Victoria, Ballarat
Date made 2014 (printed 2016)
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Period 2010-2019
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

Photograph of the tree planted on the Avenue of Honour, Ballarat, Victoria, in recognition of the service of 4256 Private Ina Tempest Moore and 4257 Private Clement Lockhart Moore, 14th Battalion. This photograph is from a series of 22 images taken by Trent Parke titled WW1 Avenue of Honour.

Artist's original caption: Private Ina Tempest Moore (John) 4256 Private Clement Lockhart Moore 4257
14th Battalion A.I.F.
Enlisted (Both) Aged: 36 years: 16th July 1915
Killed in Action (Both) 3.4.16 In the Field, France

“No. 4256, Ina Moore, of Ballarat (V.), engine driver, and No. 4257, Clement Moore, of Ballarat, carpenter. They entered and left the world together.”
Appendix G, page 128 of The History of the Fourteenth Battalion, AIF by Newton Wallis, IWM187
“A fatigue party of A Company, set up the front line during the night with picks and shovels, but unarmed, was caught in the barrage, and severely mauled, suffering several casualties. Including the Moore twins of Ballarat.”
Excerpt from page 128 of The History of the Fourteenth Battalion, AIF by Newton Wallis, IWM 187