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John Charles HORTIN

Regimental number1060
Place of birthPerth, Western Australia
SchoolFootscray Junction School, Footscray, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressTorbay Junction, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Herbert Hortin, Torbay Junction, Western Australia
Enlistment date25 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 29 June 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A36 Thirty Six on 12 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 10 August 1916
Place of death or woundingMouquet Farm, Pozieres, France
Age at death19.6
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot I, Row P, Grave No. 12), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
113
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Herbert and Mary HORTIN, Torbay Junction, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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