COURTNEY, Horace Clifton
| Service Number: | 29915 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 8 May 1895 |
| Home Town: | Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Brighton Street School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Coach trimmer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 1960 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 13 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 29915, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF | |
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| 3 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 29915, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 29915, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 31 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 11 Aug 1917: | Wounded Third Ypres, Shrapnel wound (back) | |
| 30 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 29915, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
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"Gunner H. C. Courtney, writing to his mother, Mrs. W. H. Prout, of 142 Chestnut-street, from the Duchess of Connaught's Hospital, Taplow (Eng.), says that he is convalescent, his chest wounds having healed, but he is still very shaky. It came as a big surprise to him while in bed to be told that he had been awarded the Military Medal for keeping their communication lines intact for 48 hours under heavy shell fire on July 30, 1917. Gunner Courtney enlisted in April, 1916, and embarked for England on October 3 following. After training in England, he left for France on March 30 this year, and saw a good deal of fighting. He was sent to Belgium, and while on the march his horse fell and rolled on a foot and injured it. On re-entering the fray he was slightly gassed. His eyes were affected, and he was unable to see for a fortnight. They came right, and he was in the heavy fighting around Ypres. He was wounded on August 11 last. Gunner Courtney was born in Chestnut-st., and is an old Brighton-street schoolboy. Prior to enlisting he was a coach-trimmer in the employ of Mr. J. DeLacy, Russell-street, City." - from the Richmond Guardian 08 Dec 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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