Item 01: Ralph Ingram Moore letters, 10 February 1907-15 March 1918 - Page 425
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with the first lot as a 2nd Lieut. went all through the Gallipoli campaign & was for some time in France. Truly a wonderful record, & then to be killed like that seems the height of hard luck. I think he must have been the youngest Lt. Col. in the Aust. Forces. I don't know the man who is taking his place.
Mrs Moore has been having an anxious time just lately. Two of her nephews have been wounded & are back in England & are now doing OK. One of them I have met (Maj. Rees of the Royal Flying Corps). His wound is not bad, being a nice clean hole through the leg. Whilst in the air he was attacked by 10 huns. He finished off two before being hit, & then had the satisfaction of bring down the man who wounded him. He already has the M.C. for bring down 2 planes in 1 day, which is certainly not bad going.
The other nephew is Lt. Brabazon - son of Col. Brabazon, who is head of the Ordnance department at Portsmouth. Mrs Moore is