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Alfred Edwin HORSEY

Regimental number1882
Place of birthWaltham Cross, Herts, England
SchoolThe Grammar School, Tottenham, England
Age on arrival in Australia16
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm hand
AddressGPO, Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Alfred E Horsey, L92 High Street, Waltham Cross Herts, England
Enlistment date11 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 19 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 26 September 1917
Place of death or woundingMenin Road, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death20.11
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialBirr Cross Roads Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 18), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
79
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Lizzie HORSEY, 192 Hugh Street, Waltham Cross, Herts, England

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