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Denis HORNER

Regimental number1359
Place of birthLyndhurst, New South Wales
SchoolSt Johns Birchmans, Camberwell, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationTanner
AddressBurwood Road, Hawthorn, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, J Horner, 183 Burwood Road, Hawthorn, Victoria
Enlistment date28 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 2 February 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2327
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 21 September 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XIII, Row E, Grave No. 19), Passschendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
47
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Margaret HORNER, 4 Tara Street, Upper Hawthorn, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin: James Horner, killed in action. Brother: Tom Horner, invalide

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