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Horace Norman HENWOOD

Regimental number320
Date of birth19 May 1889
Place of birthHindmarsh, South Austalia
SchoolHindmarsh Public School; Adelaide High School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address3l Devon Street, Goodwood, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinWife, Mrs Frieda Martha Christina Henwood, 3l Devon Street, Goodwood, South Australia
Previous military service1st Lieutenant, 74th Infantry
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name10th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on 20 October 1914
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollMajor
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
Promotions

Lieutenant


Unit: INF10
Promotion date: 7 May 1915

Captain


Unit: INF10
Promotion date: 16 April 1916

Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 29890 (2 January 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103 (29 June 1917).

FateKilled in Action 1 March 1918
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialSpoilbank Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 9), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
59
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary HENWOOD; Wife: F. HENWOOD, Hazel Terrace, Henley Beach, South Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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