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Lieutenant-Colonel A. J. Moore

Colonel Moore took command of the battalion in about April of 1942. Human, likeable and efficient, his kindly courtesy earned him the respect of officers and men both in the unit and outside. His dignified soldierly bearing marked him at any military function. Colonel Moore was in command of the 29th at the time of the Kaimai exercise. He took the battalion to New Caledonia but entered hospital shortly afterwards and subsequently returned to New Zealand.