DEAN, Horace James
| Service Number: | 4184 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 September 0003 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ramornie, New South Wales, Australia,, 18 May 1896 |
| Home Town: | Maclean, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Maclean Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 15 April 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 19 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cowper Public School WW1 Honor Roll, Maclean Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Sep 0003: | Enlisted | |
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| 3 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4184 | |
| 3 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4184, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 3 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4184, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4184, 9th Infantry Battalion, Horace joined the 9th Infantry Battalion at Steenwerck near Armentieres on 14 May 1916. The battalion moved to the Somme in July 1916 and lost nearly half its strength as casualties during the Battle of Pozieres 20 - 26 July 1916. They were in support for the Battle of Mouquet Farm before being sent to Belgium to recover on 26 August 1916. | |
| 30 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Australian General Hospital, While on the Somme Horace was diagnosed with influenza. He was transferred first to the New Zealand Stationary Hospital at Amiens and then on 2 December 1916 to No. 1 Australian General Hospital at Rouen. He then went to No.1 Convalescent Camp at ADBD Etaples before returning to his Unit East of Amiens on 22 March 1917. | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4184, 9th Infantry Battalion, Died of Wounds |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Greg Towner
From my research:
Horace James Dean was born in Grafton on 18 May 1896 to Albert and Ellen Dean. His grandfather was the controversial Dr Horace Dean, born in Chicago USA to parents Horace Williams and Elizabeth Dean. Horace Dean senior migrated to South Australia via England arriving at Adelaide in 1849. He moved to Tinonee near Taree NSW in 1859. He was elected to Parliament in South Australia and NSW only to be disqualified ostensibly on naturalisation grounds but there is much more to his story. Horace Dean senior moved to Grafton and set up in business subsequently taken over in part by Horace James Dean's father Albert. Albert Dean then moved to Maclean to manage a store there, hence Maclean became Horace James Dean's hometown. On enlistment he gave his occupation as 'Farmer'.
Horace James Dean's two cousins, Claude and Dugald Schwonberg also of Maclean, also died on The Western Front in 1917. Dugald was killed on The Somme exactly one month before Horace, and Claude nearly six months later near Passchendaele in Belgium. Horace was wounded with a gunshot wound to the hip and abdomen during the Battle for Lagnicourt on 15 April 1917 and died later that day after transfer to No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station.