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Horace Hobart SIMPSON

Regimental number2614
Place of birthBenalla, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
Address35 Moore Street, South Yarra, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs F Wicks, 35 Moore Street, South Yarra, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets.
Enlistment date10 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini on 15 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1918
Age at death21.10
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialRosieres Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
45
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Florence SIMPSON, 467 Sydney Road, Coburg, Victoria

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