HORNE, James
| Service Number: | 2367 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hotel Porter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Ration Farm Military Cemetery, la Chapelle-D'Armentieres Grave I. I. 2., Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-D'armentieres, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Rue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2367, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2367, 24th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Mar 1884 Horne James Nottingham 7b 248
James was the son of Richard and Clara (née Birkhead) who were married in 1876. Richard was a mechanic/engineer. They had five children, Ada Gertrude, Florence, James, Clara and Richard all of whom apart from the youngest, Richard, who was born in Newcastle, were born in Nottingham. In 1881 Richard and Clara with their first child, Ada (2), were living at 19 Commercial Street, Spring Close, Nottingham. However, they had moved to 9 Cheviot View, Newcastle upon Tyne, by 1891 and had five children; Ada, Florence, James (7), Clara (3) and Richard (1), although Florence was not at home on the night of the census. James' father died in 1897 aged 47, and by 1901 his mother was living with all her children at 30A Meadow Lane, in the parish of St Stephen's, Sneinton. With the exception of Richard who was still at school, all the children were in work; Ada and Florence (19) were dressmakers, James a junior clerk and Clara an errand girl. His mother, Clara, died in 1903 aged 48. Her address according to the Probate record was Priory Road, Gedling. James has not been traced on the 1911 Census, nor have his brother, Richard, or sister, Florence. However, Ada Gertrude had married in 1902 and was living in Cheshire while Clara was a boarder with a middle-aged couple, Thomas and Larisa Walker, at 157 Alfreton Road, Nottingham. It is possible that James had already emigrated to Australia.
James enlisted at Melbourne on 16th July 1915, aged 31. He had served on the Western Front since landing in Marseilles on 26th March 1916.
Nottingham Evening Post notice (abridged), 17 July 1916:
‘Horne. Killed in action Private J Horne, Australian M.F. late of Nottingham aged 32. Sisters Florrie and Clara.’
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