Horace Godfrey Smith ZINNER

ZINNER, Horace Godfrey Smith

    Service Number: 6892
    Enlisted: 6 March 1916, Enlisted at Neerim South, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Drouin, Victoria, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Neerim South, Baw Baw, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Warragul, Victoria, Australia, 5 June 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Warragul Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
    Church of England area, Row K, Grave 405. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    6 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6892, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Neerim South, Victoria
    25 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 6892, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    25 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 6892, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    20 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6892, 6th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the buttock. Transferred to England on 23 September 1917 aboard HS Princess Elizabeth
    15 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6892, 6th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to otitis media

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Charles Julius Zinner and Sarah Jane Zinner nee Mapleson of Neerim South, Gippsland, Victoria.

    Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Nevasa disembarking on 25 April 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1921c Horace married Hazel Mary Hubbard in Victoria

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