Robert Alexander HORNE

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HORNE, Robert Alexander

Service Number:	17
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Warwick, Queensland, Australia, 8 April 1879
Home Town:	Killarney, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electric Light Linesman
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 17, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
4 Mar 1901:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, p. 45, notes promoted to Sergeant on 4 Mar 1901
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 17, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
20 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 17, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, p. 45, notes returned to England aboard Britannic, discharged as from 20 May 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Robert Alexander Horne was born on 8 Apr 1879 at Warwick, Queensland, a son to William Horne and Rose Anna Horne (nee Devine).

He also served in WW1, S.N. 256, Gunner, 1st Field Artillery Brigade AIF. He noted on his WW1 Attestation Form his previous Boer War service.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 493; National Archives Australi- WW1 service record).

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