HORWILL  H.A.

Given Names:  Herbert Ashburton

           

Service Number:  2209

Unit:  57th Battalion, 4th reinforcements                                                                            

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  22 Yrs  9 Mths

Occupation:  Labourer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION     

Height:  5 Ft  9 In                     

Weight:  154 Lbs

Chest:  34½-37 In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/4/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Henry Horwill

44 Eglinton Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                      

Embarkation Date:  1/8/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                        

Ship:  HMAT Orsova A67

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Port Lyttleton                                   

Embarked:  10/6/1919                                

Disembarked:  5/8/1919

Unit:  59th Battalion                                                                                                                       

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  19/9/1919                        

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  51118

Victory Medal:  50107

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:    1894

Place:  Brunswick, Victoria                       

Father:  William Henry HORWILL              

Mother:  Emily Moor STAINES

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1926     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Winnifred Edith MARR

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 1931                                  

Place: East Melbourne, Victoria                

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 24/3/1917; gun shot wound, left leg

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Enlisted: 

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary