Robert Bulmer HORNE

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Service Number:	909
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kendall, Westmoreland, England, 1891
Home Town:	Junee, Junee, New South Wales
Schooling:	Kendal School, England
Occupation:	Farmer, Bank Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 17 May 1915
Cemetery:	4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery Row C, Grave 26 Rev. McKenzie officiated Headstone inscription reads: Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 909, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 909, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 909, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
18 Oct 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Infantry Battalion

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Arrived in Australia aged 21 years

Residental address at the time of enlistment was Railway Hotel, Junee, NSW

Son of Robert and Jane Horne of 'Fairview', Grangover Sands, Lancashire, England. Brother of Ruth Horne

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

Also served in the Territorials while living in England

He had been employed by the Bank of Liverpool, NSW