HORTON  P.O.

Given Names:  Percy Orlando

           

Service Number:  2684

Unit:  22nd Battalion, 6th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  7356

 

Age:  23 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Ironmonger                                                                                                 

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION     

Height:  5 Ft  6¼ In                   

Weight:  118 Lbs

Chest:  31-33 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Pale

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  9/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Samuel Charles Horton

Dunsford Road, Bearwood, Birmingham, England                                                              

Embarkation Date:  27/10/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                        

Ship:  HMAT Ulysses A38

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Delta     

Embarked:  24/1/1919                                

Disembarked:  10/3/1919

Unit:  7th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  1/11/1919                        

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  20667

British War Medal:  23334

Victory Medal:  23202

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:    1891

Place:  Birmingham, England                    

Father:  Samuel Charles HORTON            

Mother:  Sarah Eliza ROLLINGS

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1921     

Place:             

Spouse: Cecile Annie KICK

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 1974                                  

Place: MacLeod, Victoria                         

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                     

Date Enlisted: 

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary