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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?
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03/07/2023 11:11:59
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NIC
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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.
Nick
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Nick Collins,
Commando Association Historical Archivist & Photographer.
Proud son of Cpl Mick Collins, 5 Troop, No5 Cdo
"Truly we may say of them, when shall their glory fade?"
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03/07/2023 11:30:56
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Andrew Moon
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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.
Andrew
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03/07/2023 11:41:13
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NIC
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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.
Nick
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Nick Collins,
Commando Association Historical Archivist & Photographer.
Proud son of Cpl Mick Collins, 5 Troop, No5 Cdo
"Truly we may say of them, when shall their glory fade?"
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03/07/2023 11:43:33
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NIC
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Andrew,
This is your man...
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1077052/arthur-moon/
Nick
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Nick Collins,
Commando Association Historical Archivist & Photographer.
Proud son of Cpl Mick Collins, 5 Troop, No5 Cdo
"Truly we may say of them, when shall their glory fade?"
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03/07/2023 15:12:09
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Pete
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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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Pete Rogers, son of LSgt Joe Rogers MM & nephew of TSM Ken McAllister. Both No2 Commando.
God and the Soldier, all men adore, In time of danger and not before.
When the danger is passed and all things righted, God is forgotten, and the Soldier slighted.
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