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Ernest George HORNER

Regimental number5121
Place of birthSomerset, England
Age on arrival in Australia24
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address101 Margaret Street, North Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs M Horner, 101 Margaret Street, North Adelaide, South Australia
Enlistment date27 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 24 April 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialMeteren Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row L, Grave No. 304), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
59
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Mary HORNER; husband of Margaret HORNER, Artafallie, Inverness, Scotland. Native of England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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