Horace Claude HURRELL

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HURRELL, Horace Claude

Service Number:	1961
Enlisted:	11 January 1915, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Largs Bay, South Australia, 24 December 1887
Home Town:	Exeter, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Glanville Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 23 July 1916, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

11 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Oaklands, South Australia
20 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1961, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
20 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1961, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Adelaide
21 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1961, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
21 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1961, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide

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Biography

"THE LATE PRIVATE HORACE CLAUDE HURRELL.

Mrs. G. C. Hurrell, of Exmouth-road, Exeter, has been notified of the death of her eldest son, Horace, who was killed in action in France on July 23. He enlisted in January, 1915, and left for the front. He returned on account of sickness, and left again later. Prior to enlisting he was employed at the Adelaide Milling Company, Port Adelaide, as driver. His father is also on active service abroad. His willing disposition won the admiration of a large circle of friends." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 16 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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