Stephen Henry HORROCKS

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HORROCKS, Stephen Henry

Service Number:	292
Enlisted:	3 March 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wigan, England, September 1888
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	St Peters CofE School, Wigan
Occupation:	Mill hand
Died:	Died of wounds (POW of Germany), Villers au Flos, France, 2 August 1916
Cemetery:	Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension Plot IV, Row X, Grave 1, Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Achiet-le-Grand, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Armadale Roll of Honor, Armadale War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Fremantle 849 Memorial

World War 1 Service

3 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 292, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 292, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 292, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
4 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 292, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
16 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 28th Infantry Battalion
29 Jul 1916:	Imprisoned Battle for Pozières
29 Jul 1916:	Wounded Corporal, 292, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
2 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 292, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 292 awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-02

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Stephen Henry HORROCKS was born in 1888 in Wigan, Lancashire, England to Henry HORROCKS and Mary Ann BRANCH - both his parents died in Western Australia and are buried in Fremantle Cemetery

He enlisted in Blackboy Hill on 3rd March, 1915 & embarked on 9th June 1915 on the HMAT Ascanius

Stephen was wounded in France and then taken Prisoner of War by the Germans on 29th July, 1916 - he died of wounds received while a POW on 2nd August, 1916 in the Field Hospital, Villers au Flos

He was first buried in the Military Cemetery in Villers au Flos in France (Grave 113, section 2 ) & was later re-interred in the Achiet le Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Plot IV, Row X, Grave 1

His name is commemorated on the Australian War Memorial and he is also listed on his parents headstone in Fremantle Cemetery in Western Australia - he was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal

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