Cyril Aubrey HORTON

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Service Numbers:	1210 1159 , 1210, 1159
Enlisted:	18 September 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Catford, Kent, England, 1893
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Whitgift Grammar School, Croydon, Surrey, England
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Row M, Grave 22, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

18 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1210 1159 , 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1210, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1210, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1159, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1159 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-08-06

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Arrived in Australia aged 18 years for health reasons

Son of Emanuel William Horton of 9 Brambledown Road, Wallington, Surrey, England

While at school he participated in the Officers Training Corps

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal