Regimental number | 1992 |
Place of birth | Kapunda, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Student |
Address | 133 South Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, Rev Canon Hornabrook, 133 South Terrace, South Australia |
Previous military service | 78th Battalion |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Corporal Driver Mechanic |
Unit name | 300th Mechanical Transport, Army Service Corps (17th Divisional Ammunition Column (9th Army Service Corps) |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 25/99/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | Leicestershire Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Etaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXVIII, Row L, Grave No 4), France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: the Venerable Archdeacon Charles Soward and Anna Elizabeth HORNABROOK, Adelaide |
Family/military connections | Uncle: Major Rupert Walter HORNABROOK, Australian Army Medical Corps, returned to Australia, 26 September 1917. |
Other details |
Discharged from the AIF; enlisted in the British Army (Leicestershire Regiment). Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Family name recorded incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as HORNIBROOK. |