1st Australian Horse Trooper No.1083
Born 10 October 1873 at Paddington, Sydney the son of Louis J.F. and Sarah Moody.
He married Eva A .Hawden in Sydney in 1898.
Prior to enlistment he was a Clerk living in Moore Park ,Sydney.
The Queanbeyan Observer 8 June 1900 noted a Moody E.L. Trooper No.1083 1st Australian Horse as being from Bungendore and serving in the Boer War along with a number of others.
He was promoted to Corporal during the war.
He returned to Australia on 6 December 1900, having sailed on the Harlech Castle and arrived in Sydney by train from Melbourne.
He was another of the men from the Queanbeyan-Braidwood region who received his Queen’s Medal with three clasps from the Duke of York at Government House, Sydney on 1 June 1901.
He received a NSW Government pension to his death at Riverstone on 28 October 1903 when it was paid to his widow until her death in 1932.He is buried in the Waverly Cemetery,Sydney.
Edgar Moody’s connection with the Bungendore District remains unclear.
See also: BUNGENDORE & DISTRICT WAR MEMORIAL SOUTH AFRICAN (BOER) WAR 1899-1902 ROLL OF HONOUR ISBN: 978-0-646-55612-3 Peter John Hugonnet 2011