Horace Watkins DEANS

DEANS, Horace Watkins

    Service Number: 6991
    Enlisted: 4 September 1916, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 23rd reinforcement’s for the 5th Battalion at Domain Camp Royal Park on 8th November 1916
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Berwick, Victoria, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Grocer
    Died: Natural Causes , Yarraville, Victoria, Australia, 28 August 1975
    Cemetery: Altona Memorial Park, Victoria
    Court of Hours, Wall WN11, Row G, Position 4
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    World War 1 Service

    4 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6991, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 23rd reinforcement’s for the 5th Battalion at Domain Camp Royal Park on 8th November 1916
    23 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 6991, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    23 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 6991, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
    12 May 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 5th Battalion in the field France.
    20 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6991, 5th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, Shrapnel wound ankle Belgium, evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence
    19 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6991, 5th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, Wounded 2nd occasion , Shrapnel wounds right thigh. Evacuated to CCS France for treatment.
    2 May 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6991, 5th Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), Wounded 3rd occasion. Gun shot wound thigh evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence.
    24 Jun 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Convalescent Depots, Posted to No4 Command Depot Hurdcott England for rehabilitation post surgery. Fit for duty 29th October 1918.
    3 Jan 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Infantry Battalion, With C Company 5th Battalion at Chatelet Belgium, occupation duties post signing of the Armistice.
    24 May 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6991, 5th Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne on HT Persic for discharge
    17 Nov 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6991, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit

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