FAIRLIE, Horace Gilbert
| Service Numbers: | 2378, SN 2378 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart Tasmania, 12 August 1900 |
| Home Town: | Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
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World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2378, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: Surname incorrectly recorded as Fairley on the original record | |
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| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2378, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Discharged SN 2378, 48th Infantry Battalion, services no longer required: underage |
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Horace Gilbert Fairlie, originally known as William Anthon, was born on the 12th of August 1900 in Hobart Australia. He was a Methodist and worked as a labourer. Fairlie's mother was Alice Anthon.
On the 25th of July 1916, when Fairlie was 16 years old, he was enlisted in South Australia to fight in the 48th Battalion. He lied about his age and said that he was 19 years old. Fairlie was also given an attestation and his service number was 2378. On the 28th August 1916, Fairlie embarked on the HMAT Anchises A68 ship from Adelaide to England.
Fairlie actually changed his name to William Anthon, after his mother, but on the 16th of January 1917, performed a statutory declaration and stated that his true name to be Horace Gilbert Fairlie. He returned to Australia on the 22nd July 1917 on board the HT 'Nestor'.
Horace Gilbert Fairlie was discharged in Adelaide on the 26th September 1917 because his service was no longer required and that he was also underage. Fairlie was deemed ineligible to receive war medals but was subsequently awarded the British War Medal.
The medal is a campaign medal which was awarded to officers and men of the British and Imperial forces for service in WWI. Two versions of the medal were produced.