Harry Moore (Australian politician)

Harry Frank Moore (29 March 1924 – 14 August 2009) was an Australian Labor Party politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Tuggerah from 1981 to 1988, and for Wyong from 1988 to 1991.

Moore was a veteran of World War II, in which he served in the Australian Army in the Pacific.[1] In 1989 he was responsible for new laws in the New South Wales Parliament which legalised the traditional soldier's game of Two-up on ANZAC Day each year.[2]

Moore was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia[3] in 1993, the Pacific Star and the Federation Medal for his military and political service in 2001.[4] He died in August 2009 from pneumonia.

References

  1. ↑ "Man who made Anzac Day two-up legal dies". Express Advocate. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  2. ↑ "Mr Harry Frank Moore (1924–2009)". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "Moore, Harry Frank". Medal of the Order of Australia. It's an Honour. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "Moore, Harry Frank". Centenary Medal. It's an Honour. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
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