Lieutenant Rupert Vance 'Mick' Moon, 58th Battalion,
Victoria Cross action at Bullecourt.
Rupert "Mick" Moon was born at Bacchus Marsh,
Victoria, and grew up in Gippsland. He had been in the militia, and in 1914
enlisted in the light horse. He was sent to Gallipoli, then in September 1916
was commissioned and transferred to the 58th Australian Infantry Battalion to
replace recent losses.
At Bullecourt on the 12
May 1917 , Moon led an attack on an enemy strongpoint but was
soon wounded. Not giving up, and continually calling, "come on boys",
he was badly wounded twice more but still stayed to lead, inspire, and
encourage his men. "We would have followed him anywhere, he was that
game", said one. Only when he was wounded for a fourth time, severely now,
did he finally agree to retire and seek medical help.
Moon returned to Australia
but went back to Europe and ended the war as a temporary
captain. Afterwards he worked in a bank and as an accountant. He was eventually
one of the last surviving Australian Victoria Cross–holders of the war.
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