Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Talgarno, Victoria |
School | Albury and Table Top Public Schools |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Auctioneer |
Address | c/o Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Albury, New South Wales |
Marital status | Widower |
Age at embarkation | 28 |
Next of kin | Father, Mr O T Hore, 'Glenleigh', Bowna via Albury, New South Wales |
Previous military service | 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Lieutenant |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 12 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/32/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Major |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Division Artillery |
Promotions |
Major Unit: 2nd Division Artillery Promotion date: |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30107 (1 June 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 (4 October 1917). Second MID awarded, and promulgated, 'London gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448 (28 December 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57 (18 April 1918). Recommendation date: Mention in Despatches Awarded, and gazetted, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448 (28 December 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57 (18 April 1918). |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Estrees, France |
Age at death | 32 |
Place of burial | St Sever Cemetery Extension (Block S, Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 5), Rouen, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 13 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Oliver and Jane HORE. Native of Bowna, New South Wales |
Medals |
Distinguished Service Order Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 173 Date: |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 7287A Driver Ernest Thomas HORE, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, returned to Australia, 10 April 1919; 1008A Sergeant Ivan Norman HORE, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 15 September 1918; 726 Driver Leslie Drummond HORE, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, returned to Australia, 5 November 1917; Brother-in-law: 30551 Corporal Edmund Matthew BOND, 2nd Trench Mortar Battery, died of wounds, 21 September 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Medals: Distinguished Service Order, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |