Moat Joseph Pte 4455565
Personnel Entry
Name Moat Joseph
Army number 4455565
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests 2nd or 3rd May 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France? Dunkirk? Served Iceland? Transferred to the Seaforth Highlanders 24/8/41, and posted to the 8th Home Defence Battalion, Auth: Part II Order 8th Battalion 79/41. Relegated to the Class W Reserve 17/4/1942, Discharged 45/56.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 53, Dixon St. Teams, Gateshead.
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