Harry Raymond HOMER

HOMER, Harry Raymond

Service Numbers: 3593, 505
Enlisted: 19 November 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance
Born: Kington, Herefordshire, England., February 1895
Home Town: Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Grammar School, (Lady Hawkins) Kington, Herefordshire, England.
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Acute Jaundice, 16th Casualty Clearing Station-Anzac, Gallipoli, 13 November 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 69), Gallipoli
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Indooroopilly War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

19 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
19 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3593, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance , Served in the 8th Infantry, Citizen Forces; previously rejected as unfit for service on account of varicose veins
9 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, ANZAC / Gallipoli
Date unknown: Involvement Private, 505, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
Date unknown: Embarked Private, 505, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

His other brothers also served in the AIF.

Alfred Charles, Ernest Thomas and Lauderdale George.

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

His other brothers also served in the AIF.

Alfred Charles, Ernest Thomas and Lauderdale George.

Births Dec 1898   Homer Alfred Charles Kington 6a 511

Births Sep 1896   Homer Ernest Thomas Kington 6a 523

Births Mar 1893   Homer Landerdale George Kington 6a 536

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Jun 1895 Homer Harry Raymond Kington 6a 538.

He was 20 and the son of Benjamin George and Elizabeth Sarah Homer, of Station Rd., Indooroopilly, Queensland.

His brother also fell-he was Second Lieutenant Herbert William Homer-aged 23.e was also with the Australian Infantry Medical Corps-died Friday 1 June 1917-interred Brookwood in Surrey, England.

The brothers are honoured on the war memorial in the parish of Kington, Herefordshire.

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Mother’s maiden name was Williams-she and her husband, Benjamin are interred in Toowong Cemetery [Also known as Brisbane General Cemetery]