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John Ainsworth HORROCKS

Place of birthMedindie, South Australia
SchoolSt Peters College and Roseworthy Agricultural College
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationOrchardist
AddressLarg's Bay, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs E Horrocks, Anthony Street, Larg's Bay, South Australia
Enlistment date16 February 1918
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameSpecial Draft, AIF Officers
AWM Embarkation Roll number34/13/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 28 February 1918
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Ormonde on 7 March 1918
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board RMS Ormonde on 13 March 1918
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal RollPSL
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularGrand nephew of John Ainsworth Horrocks. Pioneer and explorer.
FateDied of wounds 11 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death31
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot VI, Row A, Grave No. 2), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
110
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Agnes HORROCKS; husband of Ella HORROCKS, Anthony Street, Largs Bay, South Austrlia. Native of Medindie, South Australia

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