DALTON, Horace Thomas
Service Number: | 57247 |
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Enlisted: | 16 May 1918, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Dunwich, Queensland, Australia , 28 January 1899 |
Home Town: | Cleveland, Redland, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | 23 June 1956, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld |
Memorials: | Cleveland Shire Council Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
16 May 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 57247, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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17 Aug 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 57247, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
17 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 57247, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
14 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 57247, 11th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"57247 Trooper Horace Thomas Dalton, 11th Light Horse Regiment. Tpr Dalton, of Dunwich, Qld, enlisted on 16 May 1918, and embarked for service overseas aboard HMAT Port Sydney (A15) from Sydney on 17 August 1918. After disembarking in Suez, Egypt, Tpr Dalton underwent training at the Australian Light Horse Remount Unit at Moascar, and was later hospitalised due to an ear infection. He returned to Australia on 20 July 1919." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)