Harold Walter HORNBY

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Service Number:	8868
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Field Ambulance
Born:	Northcote, Melbourne Victoria, 1895
Home Town:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 15 May 1917
Cemetery:	Vraucourt Copse Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt Plot III, Row B, Grave 13 Headstone Inscription "OUR DEAR HAROLD", Vraucourt Copse Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt, Bullecourt, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

20 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 8868, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 8868, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, HMAT Runic, Sydney
15 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 8868, 15th Field Ambulance, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 8868 awm_unit: 15th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-15

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Son of James Robert and Charlotte HORNBY, of 89 Keppell Street, Carlton, Victoria, Australia. Born at Northcote, Victoria.