REX, Horace Joseph
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 25 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia, 12 December 1895 |
| Home Town: | Braidwood, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Book keeper, part time District Secretary Braidwood Hospital. |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 7 October 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Braidwood Public School Roll of Honour, Braidwood Servicemens Club Honour Roll, Braidwood War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 Oct 1916: | Involvement Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1916: | Embarked Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 7 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 1st Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 1st Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Helen digan
From the Goulburn Evening Penny Post, 1 Nov 1917.
The Braidwood District Nows records that Lt Horace Rex was killed in France on Oct 7. He commenced his military career in the senior cadets, and in due courso passed into theCitizen Forces. He was promoted to the
rank of sergeant, and afterwards gained his
commission. Last year, when the compulsory sections of the Defence Act were put into force, and all single eligibles were mobilised for training, Lt. Rex was appointed on the Instructional Staff, and was stationed at Goulburn and various other centres. He sailed for the front 12 months ago and was 22 years of age. At Braidwood he was secretary to the P.P. Board and sec[retary] to the hospital.
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