Horace Talmage STARKEY

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STARKEY, Horace Talmage

Service Numbers:	4366, 4366A
Enlisted:	7 October 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Willowie, South Australia, 9 June 1895
Home Town:	Wilmington, Mount Remarkable, South Australia
Schooling:	Davenport School, South Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 25 June 1918, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot IX, Row C, Grave 9
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wilmington District WW1 Honour Boards

World War 1 Service

7 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion
7 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4366, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
7 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4366, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
24 Jun 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4366A, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4366A awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-06-24

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Horace Talmage STARKEY was born in Willowie, South Australia on 9th June 1895

His parents were Frank STARKEY & Margaret May WOODROOFE who married in SA on 20th October, 1890

He enlisted on 7th October, 1916 and embarked with the 32nd Infantry Battalion , 11th reinforcements from Adelaide on 7th November, 1916 on the HMAT Afric

Horace was Killed in Action on 25th June, 1918 and is buried in the Villers Bretonneux Military Cemetery

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