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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-12-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000662b.htm person Moyes Morton Henry OBE AACR2 29 June 1887 20 September 1981 Place of Birth Koolunga, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Antarctic explorer Meteorologist Antarctic researcher Morton Moyes joined the Austraaslian Antarctic Expedition under the leadership of Douglas Mawson in 1911, being meteorologist at the Western Base (Queen Mary Land). He participated in several sledging parties during the 1912 - 1913 season, leaving Antarctica with most Expedition members in February 1913. His second Antarctic voyage was as navigating officer on the Aurora expedition under on John King Davis to rescue Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Moyes was a member of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition during its first season 1929 - 1930. His role was making depth-soundings, drawing charts and assisting with tow-nets. For over 20 years from 1916 Moyes was an instructor (at various ranks) at the Royal Australian Naval College, ultimately becoming Director of educational and vocational training at the Navy College, Melbourne. 1910 1910 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide 1911 February 1913 Career position - Meteorologist, Western Base, Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1913 February 1914 Career position - Headmaster, University Coaching College, Sydney February 1914 January 1916 Career position - Instructor, Royal Australian Naval College 1915 1915 Award - Polar Medal (Silver) December 1916 December 1916 Career position - Navigating Officer, Aurora expedition to rescue Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1919 1920 Career position - Instructor Lieutenant, Royal Australian Naval College 1920 1924 Career position - Instructor Lieutenant Instructor, Royal Australian Naval College 1924 June 1941 Career position - Instructor Commander, Royal Australian Naval College September 1929 1930 Career position - Member, British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1933 1935 Career position - President, Geographical Society of New South Wales 1935 1935 Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) June 1941 November 1943 Career position - Acting Instructor Captain, Royal Australian Naval College November 1943 1946 Career position - Director of educational and vocational training, Navy College, Melbourne 1946 1951 Career position - Chief Rehabilitation Officer, Commonwealth of Australia Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911 - 1914)

Meteorologist, Western Base 1911 - 1913

 Royal Australian Navy, Commonwealth of Australia (1911 - )

Acting Instructor Captain, Royal Australian Naval College 1941 - 1943; Director of educational and vocational training, Navy College, Melbourne 1943 - 1946

 Geographical Society of New South Wales (1927 - )

President 1933 - 1935

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 Moyes, Morton Henry (1886-1981)

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 'Moyes, Morton Henry', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Moyes, Morton Henry Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Moyes, Morton Henry (1886-1981), Antarctic explorer and naval officer Fairfax, Denis Moyes, Morton Henry (1886-1981), Antarctic explorer and naval officer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 602-604 Newspaper Article: Medal Awards - For Antarctic Research Expedition Medal Awards - For Antarctic Research Expedition 1934 The Canberra Times 2 Book: Records of the Queen Mary Land station; [together with] Meteorological log of the S.Y. Aurora; Sledge journey weather records; appendix: Macquarie Island weather notes for 1909-1910-1911 Moyes, Morton; Gray, Percival; Mawson, Douglas Records of the Queen Mary Land station; [together with] Meteorological log of the S.Y. <span style="font-style:italic">Aurora</span>; Sledge journey weather records; appendix: Macquarie Island weather notes for 1909-1910-1911 Sydney Government Printer 1939 Book: The aura of the Antarctic: Antarctic recollections of Captain Morton Moyes Moyes, M. H. The aura of the Antarctic: Antarctic recollections of Captain Morton Moyes Kent Town, S.A. John Thrift Design and Publishing 1994 Book: Antarctica: ice, aloneness, ice Moyes, Morton Henry: as told to his nephew John Layton Moyes Antarctica: ice, aloneness, ice West Gosford, N.S.W. J. Moyes 1994 Book: Mawson's remarkable men: the personal stories of the epic 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expediton Jensen, David Mawson's remarkable men: the personal stories of the epic 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expediton Sydeny Allen and Unwin 2015 Book: South with Mawson. Reminiscences of the Australasian Expedition 1911-1914 Laseron, C. F. South with Mawson. Reminiscences of the Australasian Expedition 1911-1914 Sydney Australasian Publishing Company 1947 Morton Henry Moyes - Records National Library of Australia Oral History Collection Morton Henry Moyes - Records TRC 334 1900 - 1960 Oral history interview c1900-50s [1 reel, TRC 334]. 1 reel Audio Morton Henry Moyes - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Morton Henry Moyes - Records 1911 - 1931 Information in the J.K. Davis papers c1911-31. Morton Henry Moyes - Records National Archives of Australia, Melbourne Office Morton Henry Moyes - Records MP 124/6, 150-1 and others 1929 - 1950 Records in various series from the Department of Defence (Navy) c1929-50 [MP 124/6, 150, 151, 692, 856, 1214]. Morton Henry Moyes - Records Private hands (Moyes, A.G.) Morton Henry Moyes - Records 1886 - 1981 Family records c1881-1981. Morton Henry Moyes - Records South Australian Museum Archives Morton Henry Moyes - Records 1929 - 1930 Diaries written on board the "Discovery" 1929-30 [2 volumes]. 2 volumes Morton Henry Moyes - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Morton Henry Moyes - Records ML MSS 388 1911 - 1917 Diaries 1911-17 including diaries 1911-13 kept while a member of the Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14; diary kept while a member of the Aurora Antarctic Relief Expedition 1916-17; records kept while on board the "Aurora" during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-17 and on the Aurora Antarctic Relief Expedition 1916-17 with other documents regarding expeditions [ML MSS 388]. 10 volumes approx.