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Horace Edward James CALVERT

Regimental number6258
Place of birthSouth Arm, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Tasmania
ReligionCongregational
OccupationFarmer
AddressSandy Bay, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, Mr C Calvert, Sandy Bay, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date5 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A59 Botanist on 24 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 22 December 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 14), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
65
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Christopher and Margaret CALVERT, 14 Crown Street, Sandy Bay, Tasmania. Native of South Arm
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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