Edwin James HORROCKS

HORROCKS, Edwin James

    Service Number: 298
    Enlisted: 5 March 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 28th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Trafalgar, Victoria, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Collie Burn, Collie, Western Australia
    Schooling: Collie State School
    Occupation: Sleeper Cutter
    Died: Died of wounds - wounds to the spine, haematuria paralysis, At sea on board HS Somali, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 18 September 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, buried at sea Panel 68, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Collie High School Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    5 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 298, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
    29 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 298, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    29 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 298, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle

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    Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

    Son of James Horrocks and Margaret Anne Horrocks (nee McKee) of Narracan, Victoria later of Collie Burn near Collie, WA

    Brother of Joseph Horrocks who died of wounds on 20 May 1915 while serving with the 11th Battalion

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also served in the Collie Cadets and was known to be a good rider and good shot. He had been selected to represent the Cadets in a shooting contestg in Perth, WA

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