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William Francis HORTON

Regimental number1030
Place of birthCornwood, Devonshire, England
SchoolCornwood National School, England
Age on arrival in Australia22
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressKalgoorlie, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinmother, Mrs Mary Ann Horton, Opposite PO, Cornwood, Devonshire, England
Enlistment date25 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameMining Corps, Company 3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 20 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Tunnelling Company
FateKilled in Action 27 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialHersin Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. II), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Trobridge and Mary HORTON, "Rock View", Consols, Tavistock, Devon, England

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