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CAPORN, Harold de Causey
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1007 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 February 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Roebourne, Western Australia, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Broome, Broome, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | James Street and Newcastle Street State Schools, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 15 October 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.Turkey Special Memorial Row A, Grave 45 Chaplain G. Green officiated Headstone inscription reads: His name is written in letters of love in hearts he left at home, Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broome Roads Board WWI Roll of Honour, Broome War Memorial (New), Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1007, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1007, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1007, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karoola, Fremantle | |
| 2 Oct 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, 10th Light Horse Regiment, In the field at Gallipoli | |
| 15 Oct 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 1007, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1007 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-10-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry Samuel and Clara Caporn. Next of kin given as his brother Douglas Henry Caporn of Bakery, Broome, WA in 1921 he was residing at 215 Royal Street, East Perth, WA
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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