Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Albert Arthur Moore
In memory of:
Petty Officer Stoker Albert Arthur Moore
September 13, 1942
Military Service
V/5964
30
Navy
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
H.M.C.S. Ottawa
Additional Information
Son of Mrs. James White, of Newington, Kent, England. Husband of Geraldine Moore, of Cowansville, Quebec.
Commemorated on Page 100 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Nova Scotia, Canada
Panel 9.
The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives. This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs. The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea. The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows:
1918-1945
IN THE HONOUR OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE NAVY
ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY
OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES
ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY
SHALL ENDURE.
On June 19, 2003, the Government of Canada designated September 3rd of each year as a day to acknowledge the contribution of Merchant Navy Veterans.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Albert Arthur Moore on Panel 9 at Halifax Memorial 1942 -
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Inscription – Albert Arthur Moore on Panel 9 at Halifax Memorial Closeup 1942 -
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Photo of ALBERT ARTHUR MOORE – Albert Arthur Moore was born on June 22, 1906 in London, England, the son of Arthur Edward Moore and Martha Eliza Godbehear. Due to family circumstances, he became a British Home Child, and was sent to Canada in 1921 with the Church of England Waifs and Strays Society to work as a farm labourer in both Lennoxville and Sweetsburg Quebec. He married Geraldine Perry on September 14, 1933 in Frelighsburg, Quebec. The couple had one child and were living at Cowansville, Quebec before Albert enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve on August 9, 1940. He was serving on the HMCS Ottawa as an acting Stoker Petty Officer when the ship was sunk on September 13, 1942 by a German u-boat. -
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Halifax Memorial – Albert Arthur Moore on Halifax Memorial Panel 9 1942 -
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Graves registration form – Albert Arthur Moore Burial at Sea -
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Certificate – Petty Officer Stoker Albert Arthur Moore Commonwealth War Graves Certificate -
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Memorial – Albert Arthur Moore Book of Remembrance RCNVR World War II, Page 100 is displayed every year on March 3rd
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