Horace Bevan GOSCOMBE

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Service Number:	2655
Enlisted:	16 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, England, 8 December 1896
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Tiffin Boys School, Kingston-on-Thames, England
Occupation:	Packer, Public Servant
Died:	Ventricular Heart Disease, Adelaide, South Australia, 12 May 1957, aged 60 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Acacia B, Path BO, Grave 683
Memorials:	Plympton District Roll of Honor, Plympton Rifle Club Roll of Honor

16 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2655, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2655, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
31 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1

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16.08.15 Enlisted in the AIF: 6th Reinforcements/27th Battalion.

27.10.15 Embarked HMAT 'Benalla' for active service abroad.

27.02.16 Allotted to & proceeded to join 10th Battalion.

27.03 16 Proceded to join British Expeditionary Force.

03.04.16 Disembarked Marseilles ex Alexandria.

02.09.16 Admitted 12th Canadian Field Ambulance,

09.09.16 Transferred to 4th Australian Field Ambulance.

14.09.16 Embarked HS 'St David', Boulogne, for England.

15.09.16 Admitted Military Hospital, Bagthorpe,Nottingham.

09.10.16 Discharged from hospital.

04.05.17 Invalided to Australia on HS 'Runic' from Devonport.

02.07.17 Disembarked Adelaide.

31.08.17 Discharged from AIF at Adelaide - Medically unfit. Disability - V.D.H.