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PENTON, Horace Earl
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2668 |
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Enlisted: | 8 June 1915 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Singleton, New South Wales, Australia, June 1897 |
Home Town: | Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Motor vehicle accident, Wallan, Victoria, Australia, 24 December 1963 |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
Memorials: | Singleton Public School HR, Singleton War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
8 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Horace enlisted in the AIF one month after his brother Bill was killed at Lone Pine on 2 May 1915. Horace arrived in Gallipoli himself in late 1915, just prior to the evacuation in December 1915. Horace appeared in a number of 13 Battalion photos as a bandsman, and was known as a skilled cornet player. | |
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8 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 2668 | |
9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2668, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2668, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney |
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