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Claude Harold HORWOOD

Regimental number3136
Place of birthHighton, Victoria
SchoolHighton State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationSheep farmer
AddressHighton, Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, J H Horwood, Highton, Geelong, Victoria
Enlistment date6 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialRu- Du-Bois Military Cemetery (Plot I, row B, Grave No. I), Fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
94
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Annie HORWOOD. Native of Highton, Victoria

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