10TH LIGHT HORSE WOUNDED HILL 60 GALLIPOLI WW1 BRITISH WAR MEDAL TROOPER MORAN
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Offered is a British War Medal 1914 – 18, impressed named 445 PTE P.L. MORAN. 10/L.H. RST. A.I.F. Comes with copy service papers and extracts 10th L.H war diary 26-30 August 1915.
Phillip Lester Moran was born in 1880 in London, a farmer by trade he emigrated to Perth, Western Australia 13/8/1908. At the outbreak of the war, he signed up in Perth on 28/11/1914 with C Squadron 10th Light Horse, service number 445. He had 5 years of previous military service (time expired). He embarked with the Regiment for Egypt on 17/2/1915.
Moran didn’t land with the Regiment on Gallipoli in May due to being in hospital with V.D., however he embarked at Alexandria for Gallipoli 1/8/1915, joining the Regiment 5th August, just in time for the attack at the ‘Nek’ on the 7th August. He survived that famous action, only to be wounded in action 30/8/1915 during the attack/counter-attack on Hill 60, this was the attack that Lieutenant Throssell won his V.C. The Turks counter-attacked 3 times before 5 am (30th). He remained with the unit until 7/9/1915, when he was evacuated with diarrhea (just about all troops suffered from this) to Heliopolis. 29/1/1916 returned to duty with 10.L.H. and charged 15/2/1916 with A.W.O.L and received 6 days field punishment No 2.
7/1/1917 transferred to the 3rd Light Horse. 2/7/1917 diagnosed flat feet which was a recurring problem, he had several hospital stays and several charges for A.W.O.L in town receiving 28 days field punishment No 2 for one of his escapades. 15/2/1918 embarked for Australia. 26/3/1918 Discharged W.A and died 25/6/1923.
Whilst Trooper Moran was only on Gallipoli for a month, it was one hell of a month. To survive the attack on the Nek and Hill 60 (wounded but stayed with the Regiment), he well and truly earned the right to play up in Egypt. At the end of August, the 10th L.H. was reduced to about 200 men.
