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Horace Warner LYNCH

Regimental number1970
Date of birth--/05/1895
Place of birthElsternwick Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngineers apprentice
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Henry Butler Lynch, Zinc Corporation, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Enlistment date2 December 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 20 April 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Division Headquarters
Promotions

2nd Lieutenant


Unit: INF10
Promotion date: 5 August 1916

Lieutenant


Unit: INF10
Promotion date: 27 November 1916

Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Cross


'Conspicuous gallantry in rescuing wounded at Pozieres.'
Recommendation date: 7 September 1916

FateReturned to Australia 10 April 1919

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