Horatio Ernest BRAHAM DCM

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BRAHAM, Horatio Ernest

Service Number:	1166
Enlisted:	23 August 1915
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	11th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales
Schooling:	Grafton Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness, Egypt, 21 October 1918
Cemetery:	Port Said War Memorial Cemetery Grave H.14 INSCRIPTION IN GOD'S CARE, Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, Port Said, Suez Canal, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

23 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 11th Infantry Battalion

World War 1 Service

4 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1166, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: ''
4 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1166, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney
25 Jan 1918:	Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, Copy of Extract from Supplement No. 30495 to the London Gazette dated 25th January, 1918. "AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL No. 1166 Private H. BRAHAM For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as stretcher bearer. He rendered exceptionally valuable and gallant service in bringing in wounded men from positions exposed to heavy shell, machine gun and rifle fire with an absolute disregard for his own safety."
21 Oct 1918:	Involvement Trooper, 1166, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1166 awm_unit: 11 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-10-21

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Copy of Extract from Supplement No. 30495 to the London Gazette dated 25th January, 1918.
"AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL
No. 1166 Private H. BRAHAM
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as stretcher bearer. He rendered exceptionally valuable and gallant service in bringing in wounded men from positions exposed to heavy shell, machine gun and rifle fire with an absolute disregard for his own safety."

Parents
John Braham
1844–1924

Christina Brown Braham
1853–1932

Siblings
Violet Isabella Braham Jeffery
1889–1973 (m. 1908)

Adela Rose Braham Avery
1890–1981

Linda Muriel Braham Ross
1895–1975

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 26 and the son on of John and Christina Braham, of West Kempsey, New South Wales

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