HORSELL, August Wilfred aka Fredrick Dillon
| Service Number: | 2890 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Parkside, South Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Parkside, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Illness, Keswick Hospital, South Australia, 29 June 1920 |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (General) Adelaide, South Australia General - Road 3 - 20 - 54/55 (GRM/5*) , |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parkside Public School Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 6 Apr 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2890 | |
| 2 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2890, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 2 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2890, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 2890 | |
| 29 Jun 1920: | Involvement Trooper, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2890, 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Trooper August Wilfred Horsell 2890 of the 3rd Light Horse Regiment (born 1894) originally enlisted in the army on 16 February 1915 but was discharged on 6 April 1915 while undergoing training with the 27th Battalion
Re-enlisting under the alias Frederick Dillon Horsell on 4 June 1915 (his brother’s name), he embarked from Adelaide with the 10th Infantry Battalion aboard HMAT Anchises on 2 September 1915
He transferred to the 3rd Light Horse Regiment on 16 February 1916 and in June 1918 he formally reverted to his proper name of August Wilfred Horsell
The Nominal Roll shows that August Wilfred Horsell 2890 of the 3rd Light Horse as RTA (Returning to Australia) on 17 July 1919 aboard the ship Dunluce Castle
During his service he suffered several bouts of illness and was injured by shrapnel in the field. He died of illness in Keswick Hospital, Adelaide on 29 June 1920 (Age 26)
His brother Frederick Dillon enlisted as Dillon Frederick 1759 on 22 September 1915 and embarked on 18 November 1915 with the 1st Light Horse Brigade / 3rd Light Horse Regiment aboard HMAT Geelong A2 and later transferred to the Field Ambulance
The Nominal Roll shows that Dillon Frederick Horsell 1759 of the Field Ambulance as RTA (Returning to Australia) on 24 July 1919 aboard the ship Dongola
Frederick Dillon S212822 served in WW2 with the VDC - born 14 August 1892
Note 1 - AWM photo shows alias for August Wilfred as being Dillon Frederick instead of Frederick Dillon & his second enlistment as occurring in September instead of June (https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1219732)
Note 2 - The NAA digitized service file “HORSELL Frerick Dillon [HORSELL August Wilfred] Service Number 2890” actually contains all WW1 records for August Wilfred (aka FD) 2890 and Frederick Dillon (aka DF) 1759
(https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4736507)
Note 3 - the AIF entry for Dillon Frederick Horsell 1759 is mostly correct but the AIF entry for Frederick Dillon Horsell 2890 should be changed to August Wilfred Horsell 2890 and adds in some Nominal Roll information for DF 1759 (“Enlistment date 4 June 1915 / Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 22 September 1915” & “Regimental number from Nominal Roll - 1759”)
Note 4 - the father of AW & FD was James Horsell (1875 - 1930) who served in WW1 with the 1st Remount Unit from September 1915 to November 1916 - Regimental Number 620
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