HORAN, Charles Thomas
| Service Number: | 941 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 29 August 1914, Kensington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bowral, New South Wales, Australia, 2 November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Gilmore, Tumut Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Tumut Convent School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway Fireman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Row N, Grave 5. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cootamundra RSL Honour Rolls, Cootamundra War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 941, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
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| 29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Kensington, NSW | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 941, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 941, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 9 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 941, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shot in the hand while gathering damaged rifle along the trenches. Spent two months in hospital in Cairo. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Charles Thomas HORAN (Service Number 941) was born at Bowral on 2nd November 1891. He finished his education at Tumut.
He joined the NSW Government Railways in November 1908 as a cleaner (first step on the career path of an engineman) at the Wellington locomotive depot. He had previously been employed casually. In March 1910 he was transferred to Harden depot. In November 1912 he was promoted to fireman at Junee depot. He fired the Melbourne Express. He had qualified for engine driver, at the time he enlisted in the AIF at Kensington in August 1914.
Allotted to the 3rd Battalion, he was embarked from Egypt for Gallipoli on 5th April 1915.
He was wounded by a bullet in the hand on 9th May while gathering in damaged rifles along the trenches. He was evacuated to hospital in Cairo. After 2 months there he re-embarked for Gallipoli and re-joined his unit there on 9th July.
He was killed in action between 7th and 12th August 1915 and buried at Lone Pine. His services were mentioned (although not detailed) in Sir Ian Hamilton’s dispatches (Commonwealth of Aust Gazette No. 44, 6 April 1916).
After the war his remains were exhumed and re-interred in Lone Pine Cemetery, ½ mile SE of Anzac Cove. His identity disc, by which his remains were identified, was sent to his father.
A war pension was granted to his mother.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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