THORNE C.E.

Given Names:  Charles Edwin

Service Number:  1274

Unit:  4th Light Horse Regiment, 9th reinforcements                                                          

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  97844

Age:  35 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Labourer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  4¾ In                  

Weight:  152 Lbs

Chest:  34½-37½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Sallow

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  5/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Margaret Thorne

16 Cecil Street, East Kew, Victoria                                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  27/9/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Hororata A20

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Plassy   

Embarked:  17/3/1919                               

Disembarked:  30/4/1919

Unit:  2nd Light Horse Regiment                                                                                                    

Rank:  Corporal

Discharge Date:  12/6/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  3258

British War Medal:  20560

Victory Medal:  20429

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1880

Place:  Goulburn, New South Wales         

Father:  Thomas Henry THORNE             

Mother:  Sarah Ann BOULTER

MARRIAGE

Year:  1912     

Place:             

Spouse: Margaret SMITH

DEATH

Date or Year: 1961                                 

Place: Parkdale, Victoria                          

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Served in Boer War

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS