FOLBIGG, Horace
| Service Number: | 228 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 January 1916, Inverell, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warwick, Queensland, Australia, 15 January 1888 |
| Home Town: | Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | War Service related , Glen Innes Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 8 March 1919, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Glen Innes General Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial, Inverell Brodies Plains Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 228, 36th Infantry Battalion, Inverell, NSW | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 228, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 228, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 2 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 228, 36th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Horace FOLBIGG was born in Warwick, Queensland on 15th January, 1888
His parents were Walter Albert FOLBIGG & Emily DANIELS
He enlisted in Inverell, NSW on 27th January, 1916 and embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Beltana on 13th May, 1916 with the 36th Infantry Battalion
Horace returned to Australia on 5th November, 1917 and was discharged on 2nd July, 1918 as medically unfit due to illness caused by severe gassing in the battle at Messines - on return he was treated at the Randwick Military Hospital & then sent to Glen Inness for further treatment
He died a the Glen Innes Hospital on 8th March, 1919 and is buried in the Glen Innes General Cemetery, NSW - he was given a full military funeral
His brother Gordon Miller FOLBIGG (SN3059) also served in WW1 & returned to Australia in 1919
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