Horace Gordon WILBY

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Service Number:	474
Enlisted:	24 February 1915
Last Rank:	Regimental Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Queenscliff, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 8 June 1918
Cemetery:	Querrieu British Cemetery, Picardie Row B, Grave 31
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

24 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 474, 23rd Infantry Battalion
30 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 23rd Infantry Battalion
10 May 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 474, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Sergeant, 474, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
30 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 474, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
4 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 474, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
5 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 23rd Infantry Battalion, France
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 474, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
9 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 23rd Infantry Battalion, France
1 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 474, 23rd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918
8 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 474, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Riding a bike when a German shell landed very close. Sustained multiple SW to head, arms, legs and body (52 wounds). Died at, or on the way, to the CCS.

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