Name: Clinton Ray Moores Rank: Lance Corporal Service Number: 469200 Service: 64th Battalion (Princess Louise Fusiliers) Canadian Expeditionary Force Date of Birth: September 25, 1894 Place of Birth: Sand Beach, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: August 23, 1915 Place of Enlistment: Sussex, Kings Co., New Brunswick Age at Enlistment: 20 Height: 5 feet, 10 inches Complexion: Medium Eye Colour: Hazel Hair Colour: Brown Occupation: Pattern Maker Marital Status: Married Religion: Presbyterian Next of Kin: Elsie Moores (Wife), 103 Edward St, Halifax, NS Date of Discharge: January 29, 1917 Age: 22 Date of Death: March 2, 1927 Age: 32 Cemetery: Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Clinton Ray Moores was the son of Franklin Moores (b. 1858) and Henrietta Atwood (Crosby) Moores (b. 1856), the husband of Elsie (Hatfield) Moores (1895-1984), and the father of Catherine Hatfield Moores (b. 1917), Malcolm Ray Moores (1918-1999), Frank Abram Moores (1919-2004), Douglas Keith Moores (1922-1944). Clinton’s brother-in-law Lance Sergeant Arthur Wellsley Hatfield (1896-1915) served during the First World War with the 2th Battalion, CEF, and was killed in action November 3, 1915. Clinton’s son Flying Officer Douglas Keith Moores served during the Second World War as a Typhoon pilot with 438 Squadron of the RCAF and was killed in action August 3, 1944, while attacking enemy targets near Ondefontaine in Normandy, France. A second son of Clinton, Frank Abram Moores served during WWII as well. Clinton enlisted on August 23, 1915, at Sussex, New Brunswick with ‘B’ Company, 64th Battalion. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on November 1, 1915. In Halifax he contracted mumps and was hospitalized on March 29, 1916. On April 11, 1916, he was admitted to Rockhead in Halifax, a quarantine hospital, specifically for infectious diseases, as he developed early signs of tuberculosis, attributed to exposure to weather during training, and tuberculosis was confirmed. He was transferred in June 1917, to Ste-Agathe Hospital in Montreal, a major center for tuberculosis treatment, for soldiers with TB or lung issues from gas exposure during World War I A medical review board recommended a medical discharge and a military pension. Clinton was discharged in Montreal, Quebec on January 29, 1917. He returned home to Yarmouth and was employed as a Customs Officer post-war. Clinton Ray Moores died on March 2, 1927, of tuberculosis, his death attributed to his war service. He is buried in Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth, NS.

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