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Stephen Henry HORROCKS

Regimental number292
Place of birthWigan, Lancashire, Engalnd
SchoolSt Peters Church of England School, Brynn W. Wigan, Lancashire, England
Age on arrival in Australia23
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMill hand
AddressEast Kirupp, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, Henry Horrocks, Forrest Street, Palmyra, Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date2 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 29 June 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A36 Thirty Six on 12 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWounded in France and died as a Prisoner of War in Germany.
FateDied of wounds 2 August 1916
Place of death or woundingGermany
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialAchiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row X, Grave No. I), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
113
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Mary HORROCKS, Forest Street, Palmyro East, Fremantle, Western Australia. Native of Wigan, Lancs, England
Family/military connectionsFriend: Lieut A Beatty, G.P.O., Perth.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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