"Edwin"  Thomas Edwin Moore

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"Edwin"  Thomas Edwin was born in 1879.  "Edwin"  Thomas Edwin's father was Thomas Fraunceis Moore and his mother was Anne Wrightson Leach.  His paternal grandparents were Thomas Webber Moore and Louisa Matilda Percy; his maternal grandparents were Thomas Askew Leach and Emma Joynes. He had seven brothers and three sisters, named His Honour Judge James, William Charles, Stanley Claude, Richard James, Alfred, Walter John, Arthur, Edith Alice, Louisa Emma and Annie Mary.  He died at the age of 93 on November 18th, 1972.  He was buried in Elmhurst Cemetary, Victoria, Australia.

• General Notes

  "Uncle Edwin".
  Second child - eldest son
  
  In World War I he and his brother Billy fought at Gallipoli. 
  Edwin enlisted in 1915 and embarked for Gallipoli with the reinforcements on 18 November 1915 as a Sergeant in the 4th Field Artillery Brigade.                    
  Subsequently they returned to England where their brothers Richard, Walter and Jim joined them.  The brothers had some good times together.
  They all then went to France with the AIF to fight in the trenches under General John Monash.
  
  When Thomas Fraunceis died, the extensive Deer Park property was divided between the 2 older sons - Edwin and Walter.  Edwin inherited part of the family property at Elmhurst and built a new house - initially a small house.  Later a large double storey brick house was built in 1940 and was called "Huntingdon".
  Wrote a poetry book about the local aboriginal legends "Black Magic" - published by a local printer in the Elmhurst area.
  
  
  
  

Details of "Edwin"  Thomas Edwin's family with Clara Mildred Widdy