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[Post New]03/07/2023 10:39:51
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Andrew Moon
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I am looking for information regarding Arthur Moon whose pictures were posted by Nick Collins and Geoff Murray. Is this the Arthur Moon from Faversham in Kent?
[Post New]03/07/2023 11:11:59
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Hi Andrew,

Do you have any other initials or middle names for your Arthur Moon?
As far as I know the Arthur Moon in the photo was from near Salisbury, Wiltshire.

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[Post New]03/07/2023 11:30:56
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Hi Nick

Thanks for the quick reply.

All I know is he was Arthur Moon born 1920 Faversham Kent. He ended up as a sargent in Special Operations in WW2 and was shot down over France in 1943.

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[Post New]03/07/2023 11:41:13
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Hi Andrew,

Looks like we have two different Arthur Moons...

Arthur T H Moon, No.5 Cdo, served as a Private in the Wiltshire Regt before volunteering for The Commandos. In November 1943 he sailed, together with the rest of No.5 Commando, to India and fought with 3 Cdo Brigade in Burma.
After the war he returned to Wiltshire and lived in Bulford, near Salisbury, where he sadly died of Leukemia in 1998.

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[Post New]03/07/2023 11:43:33
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Andrew,

This is your man...
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1077052/arthur-moon/

Nick
Nick Collins,

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Proud son of Cpl Mick Collins, 5 Troop, No5 Cdo

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[Post New]03/07/2023 15:12:09
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There is more here about Bomber Command and a page dedicated to the Air Gunner, Sergeant Moon:

https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/219757/

Remembered with honour

and a bit more about the Pilot mentioned in the above and also the SOE Operation they were on:

https://www.49squadron.co.uk/personnel_index/detail/Walker_ADQ

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