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THORPE, Herbert Mapleton
Personal Details
Service Number: | 141 |
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Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Brisbane |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Brigade Train |
Born: | Acton, West London, England, 1894 |
Home Town: | Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Drayton Council School |
Occupation: | Butcher |
Died: | Killed in Action, Palestine, 17 April 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Beersheba War Cemetery Grave Q. 65. INSCRIPTION DEARLY LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM NEVER FORGOTTEN , Beersheba War Cemetery, Beersheba, Israel |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Windsor War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Driver, 141, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, Brisbane | |
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24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Driver, 141, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Driver, 141, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
2nd Australian Light Horse-Supply Section.
He was 23 and the son of Herbert Mapleton Hoskins and Minnie Thorpe, of 18, Eccleston Rd., West Ealing, London, England. He is remembered on the EALING WAR MEMORIAL.
Births Mar 1894 Thorpe Herbert Mapleton Brentford 3a 148a