| Gwen Moore | |
 Gwen Moore on her 109th birthday in 2020. | |
| Birth: | 2 December 1911 Tredegar, Wales, UK |
| Death: | 31 March 2023 Bongaree, Queensland, Australia |
| Age: | 111 years, 119 days |
| Country: |  UK  AUS
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| Validated | |
Mary Gwendoline "Gwen" Moore (née Lloyd; 2 December 1911 – 31 March 2023) was a British-born Australian supercentenarian who, together with her older sister Lilian Priest, was the oldest known living siblings in the world until Priest's death on 6 June 2021. She was also the oldest known living person in Australia. Her age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Gwen Moore was born in Tredegar, Wales, UK on 2 December 1911 (claimed 27/28 November). She had at least two daughters: Joan and Jill.
Moore's sister Lilian Priest (7 November 1908 – 6 June 2021) who died in Swanage, Dorset, England, UK on 6 June 2021 at the age of 112 years, 211 days, was the oldest living person in the United Kingdom at the time of her death. She became the oldest known living person in Australia following the death of 111-year-old Ina Reid on 13 May 2022.
Moore's age was verified by GRG-UK Correspondent Oliver Trim, and was later validated by the GRG.
Gwen Moore died at the Bribie Cove nursing home in Bongaree, Queensland, Australia, on 31 March 2023 at the age of 111 years, 119 days.
Gallery[]
References[]
- GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List Gerontology Research Group
- Mary Gwendoline Moore Gerontology Research Group
- Oldest twins & siblings Oldest in Britain
- CHAIRMAN’S ANNOUNCEMENTS Swanage Town Council, November 2017 (page 3)
- Gwen turns 107 The Bribie Islander (Issuu), November/December 2018 (page 40-41)
- Sarah Lillian Priest is one of the oldest people in the UK Bournemouth Echo, 10 November 2019
- 109th birthday Facebook Post, 26 November 2020
- Thoughts & Memories: Gwen McKenzie Aged Care, 19 August 2022
- 110 years Facebook Post, 20 September 2022
- Meet the Gwent family producing rare supercentenarians - with one 110 year old named the oldest woman in Australia South Wales Argus, 2 October 2022
- 111th birthday Facebook Post, 11 December 2022
- Gwen Moore Memorial YouTube, 12 April 2023
- Death mention, 27 April 2023
| Australia's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E) |
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Helen Dunbar • Jessie Pearce • Clara Byrne • Ada Sharp • Honora Corrigan • Mary Keefer • Josephine Gasse • Elizabeth Swatton • Samuel Rowe • Sarah Potter • Jane Piercy • Mary Nixon • Caroline Mockridge • Agnes Dodds • Mary Hurley • Ada Whitfield • Beatrice Pollock • Gertie Nesbitt • Kit St. Clair • Ada Cleggett • Ada Stockdale • Mary MacPherson • Christina Cock • Jessie Hurley • Alice Lindsay • Sarah Davey • Myra Nicholson • E. Beatrice Riley • John Campbell Ross • Miriam Schmierer • Eva McConnell • Jane Gray • Vi Robbins • Ethel Farrell • Mary Whitehurst • Marjorie Cooke • Margaret Vivian • Wilhelmina Overall • Agnes Kluckhenn • Mabel Crosby • Dexter Kruger • Ivy Tate • Ina Reid • Gwen Moore • Catherina van der Linden • Olga Abate • Ken Weeks |