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Horace FOLBIGG

Regimental number228
Place of birthWarwick, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressInverell, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Height5' 10"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinFather, Walter A Folbigg, Glen Innes, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date10 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 January 1916
Place of enlistmentInverell, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name36th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/53/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 13 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll36th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 5 November 1917
Date of death8 March 1919
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialGlen Innes Cemetery, New South Wales
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
126
Discharge date2 July 1918
Other details

Commenced return to Australia, 8 October 1917; disembarked 5 November 1917; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 2 July 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Death attributed to war service.
SourcesNAA: B2455, FOLBIGG Horace

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