Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

05/01/1940

Date of Discharge

12/11/1945

Place of Enlistment

Canberra ACT

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

25/04/1919

Place of Birth

Blacktown NSW

Address (at enlistment)

'Sunnyside' via Hall ACT

Occupation

Public servant

Next of Kin

Leslie Moon (father), Wickham NSW

Service Number

N43365

Final Rank

Sergeant

Final Unit

3 A I B NGE

World War 2 Memorial, corner of Lowe St and Farrer Place, Queanbeyan NSW
Roll of Honour, Wattle Park Church, Barton Highway, Hall

Moon joined the central office of the Department of Trade and Customs in April 1935. He entered camp with the 3rd Battalion (militia) on 1 October 1941. The following February he was appointed as an acting Sergeant and embarked with his unit in May 1942, landing in Port Moresby, Papua on 27 May. Moon was hospitalised with mumps in June 1942 but recovered in time to join his unit on detachment to Maroubra Force. Moon belonged to D Company of 3 Battalion and entered the Kokoda Track on 8 September 1942. They fought the Japanese at Ioribaiwa and Imita until the end of September by which time the enemy had begun to retreat. The 3rd Battalion was involved in vigorous patrolling after the Japanese but Moon was sent back down the track and hospitalised with dysentery on 2 October. Thereafter he was attached to Accounts Offices in New Guinea, Queensland and the Northern Territory until his discharge in 1945. Moon died on 5 February 2000 and was cremated at Norwood Park in Mitchell.

Description - height 5 feet 9 inches, weight 173 pounds, chest 39.5-43 inches, medium complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair, scars on the inside of his left leg and the outside of his right leg.

WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
Queanbeyan Roll of Honour, Ralph Clothier, 2006
Public Service Board, 'List of permanent officers of the Commonwealth Public Service as on 30th June 1937'
NAA RecordSearch