HOMER, Harry Raymond
| Service Numbers: | 3593, 505 |
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| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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]
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