HORSINGTON, Alfred Clive
| Service Numbers: | 3118, N77679 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales Australia, 1 November 1886 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Roman Catholic School |
| Occupation: | Sawyer & Carpenter |
| Died: | Illness, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 11 March 1944, aged 57 years |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Roman Catholic Monumental Section 4. Position 0543. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3118, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3118, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3118, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 9 Jun 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3118, 56th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N77679 | |
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| 29 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N77679 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Private Horsington served with Salvage Recovery-
Australian Army Salvage Service. He was 57. He was accepted, after research,.for commemoration as war dead on 21/09/2011
Biography contributed
Alfred Clive HORSINGTON was born in Sydney on 1st November, 1886
His parents were Alfred Cornelius HORSINGTON & Sarah Marcella RIORDAN nee RYAN who married in Sydney in 1885 - she was previously married to Thomas RIORDAN in Sydney in 1879
He married Ethel Maud GALLAGHER in Sydney in 1913 - 4 known children, Alfred, William, Sheila & Doreen
He previously served in the 8th regiment of the Irish Rifles for 2 years before enlisting in WW1 - he embarked from Sydney on 20th December, 1915 on the HMAT Suevic with the 20th Infantry Battalion, 7th reinforcements and returned to Australia on 15th May, 1917 on the ship Beltana & was discharged on 9th June 1917 as medically unit (56th Infantry Battalion) -he also served in WW2 in the Eastern Command Salvage Recovery Section (Sydney Showground)
Alfred died of illness in the Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick on 11th March, 1944 and is buried in Woronora Cemetery in Sydney
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His brother Archibald Henry HORSINGTON (SN 3119) was Killed in Action in France on 20th July, 1916 (56th Infantry Battalion)
His son William Cornelius HORSINGTON (SN NX4223) served in the 2/1 Field Ambulance during WW2 and was discharged on 30th October, 1945
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