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Mar 17, 1881
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Born in Keith, Banffshire,
Scotland to William and Agnes (nee Burnett) Moggach
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Feb 22, 1916
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Attested into the 168th
Battalion CEF in Ingersoll, Ontario
Ø Number 675626
Ø Next of kin given
as Mrs. Maria Catharine Moggach, wife, Beachville, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation
given as Labourer
Ø Previous military
experience given as 8 years in the South African Constabulary
Ø Religion given as
Presbyterian
His brother William attested
into the battalion the same week.
William served at the front with the 18th Battalion and
survived the war, being discharged in Canada in 1919
The battalion initially
trained in Camp Francis, near London, Ontario before moving to Camp Borden to
continue training
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Oct 30, 1916
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Embarked the SS Lapland in
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Nov 11, 1916
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Disembarked in Liverpool,
England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe, to
continue training
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Dec 5, 1916
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Transferred to the 39th
Reserve Battalion at West Sandling to continue training
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Jan 4, 1917
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Transferred to the newly
formed 6th Reserve Battalion in West Sandling. Shortly after the formation of the
battalion it was moved to Seaford to train reinforcements for the front
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Mar 19, 1917
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Transferred to the 21st
Battalion
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Mar 20, 1917
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Arrived at the CBD (Canadian
Base Depot) in the Rouelles Camp, Havre, France as part of a draft of 67
reinforcements from England and TOS (Taken On Strength) the 21st
Battalion
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Apr 14, 1917
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After leaving the base depot,
Private Moggach joined the 21st Battalion in billets in Bois des
Alleux as part of a draft of reinforcements to replace the losses at Vimy
Ridge
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Aug 12, 1917
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Appointed to the rank of
Acting Lance Corporal without pay
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Aug 15, 1917
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While leading a carrying part
at Hill 70, Acting Lance Corporal John Moggach was instantly killed by a
sniper’s bullet. When the fighting had
ceased, his identifiable remains could not be located in the battlefield. It is possible that he was either buried by
a shell explosion, or he was one of those bodies recovered that could not be
identified. As such, his name is
engraved on the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Vimy Ridge, France for those
killed in France during the war with no known grave.
Following the war the British
War Medal, Victory Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny), Scroll and Memorial
Cross were sent to his widow, Mrs. Maria Moggach, Beachville, Ontario
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L/Cpl John
R Moggach is also honoured on the Ingersoll, Ontario War Memorial
Note the spelling error
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