Frederick Harold HORNSBY

HORNSBY, Frederick Harold

Service Number: 1694
Enlisted: 13 September 1915, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 4th Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF
Born: Hobart, Tasmania, 11 August 1890
Home Town: Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Natural causes (war service related), Hobart, Tasmania, 19 October 1948, aged 58 years
Cemetery: Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania
Memorials: Hobart Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

13 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1694, Claremont, Tasmania
23 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1694, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1694, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
28 Jul 1918: Wounded Gunner, 1694
4 Jan 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 1694, 4th Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF

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Biography

"HORNSBY.- Passed peacefully away on October 19, 1948, at Royal Hobart Hospital, Frederick Harold, dearly loved and loving husband of Lilian Pauline Hornsby, of 15 Haig St., Lenah Valley, and loved father of Douglas, Edgar, and Irene, aged 57 years. Late of 3rd Light Horse, 1st ATF. Peace, perfect peace. 

HORNSBY.- Passed peacefully away on October 19, 1948, at Royal Hobart Hospital, Frederick Harold, loved son of Sarah Jane and the late Frederick Henry Hornsby, and loved brother of Leslie, Myrtle (Mrs F. Anders), Norman, and Sydney." - from the Hobart Mercury 20 Oct 1948 (nla.gov.au)

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