DAY  H.StC.

Given Names:  Horace St Clare

               

Service Number:  2318

Unit:  4th Light Horse Regiment, 16th reinforcements                                                        

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  22 Yrs  10 Mths

Occupation:  Watchmaker                                                                                              

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5½ In                  

Weight:  134 Lbs

Chest:  34-36½ In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  19/1/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Henry James Day

33 Malmsbury Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                  

Embarkation Date:  18/4/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Itria A53

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Dongola 

Embarked:  26/7/1919                               

Disembarked:  28/8/1919

Unit:  15th Light Horse Regiment                                                                                                   

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  17/10/1919                     

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  41753

Victory Medal:  41155

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  4/3/1894

Place:  Camperdown, Victoria                  

Father:  Henry James DAY                      

Mother:  Elizabeth Annie MYERS

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1926     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Doris Margurite DRAPER

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 6/10/1953                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  St Kilda Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:   VX27469                                                 

Date Enlisted:    24/6/1940                                                    

Date Discharged:  28/1/1946

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary