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Horace Charles STRAWBRIDGE

Regimental number7248
Place of birthFitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolFitzroy State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWatchmaker
AddressPenders Street, Thornbury, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, A G Strawbridge, Penders Street, Thornbury, New South Wales
Enlistment date12 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 5, Battery 13
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 27 December 1917
Place of death or woundingPloegsteert, Belgium
Age at death24.3
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 23), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
14
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Albert George and Emily STRAWBRIDGE; husband of Frances Mary STRAWBRIDGE, 79 Cromwell road, Hawksburn, Victoria. Native of Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria

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