Albert Edgar HORSELL

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HORSELL, Albert Edgar

Service Number:	S70267
Enlisted:	1 April 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 22 January 1891
Home Town:	Black Forest, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Meter reader (SA GAs Coy)
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 5 May 1981, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
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World War 2 Service

1 Apr 1942:	Involvement Private, S70267
1 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
1 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S70267
8 Nov 1945:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Albert Edgar Horsell (Service No:S70267) served in the ACMF with 3rd Battalion VDC from 1 April 1942 to 8 November 1945.

Albert was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1891, eldest of five children of Albert William Horsell (b1869 at Callington via Mt Barker, South Australia) and Janet Augusta Elder (b1868 in Burra, South Australia). Albert Snr and Janet married in 1890 in Adelaide, and settled in Black Forest in Adelaide, where they raised their family and Albert Snr worked as a Teamster and Storeman.

Albert was a Meter Reader for the SA Gas Coy in Adelaide where, in 1914, he married Mildred Isabel Mander (b1894 in Adelaide, South Australia). Mildred died in 1952 and Albert in 1981.

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