Harry Moore (Australian politician)

Harry Frank Moore, OAM (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 in 1993 in recognition of his community service,[3] and the Centenary Medal for his service to politics in 2001.[4] He died in August 2009 from pneumonia.[2]

References
  1. "Man who made Anzac Day two-up legal dies". Express Advocate. 18 August 2009. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  2. "Mr Harry Frank Moore (1924-2009)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) entry for Mr Harry Frank Moore". It's an Honour, Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 13 June 1993. Retrieved 10 September 2019. For service to the community
  4. "Centenary Medal entry for Mr Harry Frank Moore". It's an Honour, Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 January 2001. Retrieved 10 September 2019. For outstanding service to the community, including through parliament

 

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