HORSMAN, John Graham Parry
| Service Number: | 3152 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carmarthen, Wales, 1870 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31., Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3152, 47th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3152, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
John was born at Carmarthen in 1870, the son of Thomas Parry Horsman, and of Elizabeth Horsman (nee Phillips). He had emigrated to Australia with his family prior to the war, and enlisted at Brisbane on 24 November 1916 into the 8th reinforcements of the 47th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He embarked at Sydney on 22 December 1916 aboard HMAT Demosthenes, and arrived at Plymouth on 3 March 1917. He went to France on 14 June 1917, and was taken on strength by the 47th Battalion, AIF on 9 July 1917. The battalion was at Ypres, attached to the 12th Australian Brigade, 3rd Australian Division. Sadly, John was killed just weeks later, during the First Battle of Passchendaele, on 12 October 1917. A mate of his had found him submerged in mud on the battlefield, and had pulled him out, but left him in a weakened state, with a wounded jaw, to find his own way back to the lines. John was never heard from again. He was 47 years old.