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Horace Alwin James NEWBERY

Regimental number1053
Place of birthWarialda, New South Wales
SchoolMilton, Queanbeyan and Braidwood Public Schools, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationPacker
AddressClevedon Road, Hurstville, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, H A Newbery, Hurstville, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military service38th Infantry; Served as a Corporal in the 38th Infrantry Battalion.
Enlistment date28 April 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport Berrima on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe enlisted early in 1915 and went through the Gallipoli Campaign, on being transferred to France he was wounded on three occasions before receiving the gunshot wounds from which he died. His brothers, Charles and Harry also served with the A.I.F. (Percy R Newbery Brother)
FateDied of wounds 29 March 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Horace Alevin
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialOuttersteene Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 48), Bailleul, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
92
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Owen and Alice NEWBERY. Native of Warialda, New South Wales

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