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WHITMORE, Horace Gurned
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3183 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ringarooma Tasmania, 3 December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 October 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Plot 8 Row C Grave 168 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Derby WW1 Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3183, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3183, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
Horace Whitmore
Studio portrait of 3183 Private (Pte) Horace Gurney (Gurned) Whitmore, 10th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion, of Hobart, Tas. Pte Whitmore enlisted on 4 August 1915 and embarked from Fremantle aboard HMAT Themistocles on 13 October 1915. He was wounded at Mouquet Farm, France, on 3 September 1916 and died on 3 October 1916. He was one of four brothers who served in the AIF.
Submitted 15 February 2015 by SHARON DOVE
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