HORWILL E.H.
Given Names: Edward Henry
Service Number: 3023
Unit: 6th Battalion, 10th reinforcements
Rank: Private
Paybook Number:
Age: 23 Yrs 11 Mths
Occupation: Bootmaker
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Methodist
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 7½ In
Weight: 154 Lbs
Chest: 34-36½ In
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Blue
Complexion: Sallow
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 7/7/1915
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: FATHER Henry Horwill
44 Eglinton Street, Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 29/9/1915
Port: Melbourne
Ship: RMS Osterley
END OF WAR
Status: Returned to Australia
Ship: City of Poonah
Embarked: 28/3/1919
Disembarked: 14/5/1919
Unit: 6th Battalion
Rank: Lieutenant
Discharge Date: 6/7/1919
Place: Melbourne
MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: 11865
British War Medal: 20088
Victory Medal: 19958
Other: Military Medal, DCM
BIRTH
Date or Year: 1891
Place: St Kilda, Victoria
Father: William Henry HORWILL
Mother: Emily Moor STAINES
MARRIAGE
Year: 1919
Place: Victoria
Spouse: Amy Agnes ROSE
DEATH
Date or Year: 1954
Place: Heidelberg, Victoria
Burial: ,
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
Wounded in action 23/8/1918; gun shot wound, left thigh
Distinguished Conduct Medal recommendation dated 22/9/1917; displayed great gallantry during the attack on Glencorse Wood on 20/9/1917
Military Medal recommendation dated 11/10/1917; during the attack Broodseinde Ridge on 4/10/1917
MEMORIALS
Kew State School
Kew War Memorial
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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COMMENTS
FURTHER INFORMATION
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