THE PRO PATRIA PROJECT
MOORE Athelstan
Lieutenant, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, South Africa
Lieutenant, West African Field Force, Nigeria
8/1155, Lieutenant Colonel, Otago Infantry, 1NZEF
2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers
1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers

CITATION
Distinguished Service Order
Gazetted
In recognition of services during operations in South Africa.

(Although English and awarded the DSO with the British Forces in South Africa,
he is mentioned due to his very close involvement
with the NZ Forces in the First World War)
Mention in Despatches
Gazetted 5 November 1915, p11003
Has been in charge of his Battalion since it landed at ANZAC on 25th April.  He commanded the Battalion in its attacks from Monash Gully on 2 May and at Cape Helles.  He has since done good work in command of various posts in Monash Gully.

KNOWN AWARDS
Distinguished Service Order
Queen’s South Africa Medal
       Tuegela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State
King’s South Africa Medal
      South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902
Africa General Service Medal 1902
       N Nigeria 1903, S Nigeria 1903, S Nigeria 1903-04, S Nigeria 1904, S Nigeria 1905-06
1914-15 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
       Mention in Despatches
Mention in Despatches in South Africa 1902
Mention in Despatches in Nigeria 1904

NOTES
Born 2 July 1879, Hove Brighton, England
Died of Wounds 14 October 1918, Dadizeele, Belgium