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David HORN(E)

Kete Horowhenua2020-03-23T16:52:10+00:00
Date of birth31 October 1891
Date of death09/08/1915
Mothers nameEllen - Helen (née Stevenson)
Spouses nameUnmarried
Mothers date of birthabt 1866
Mothers place of birthScotland
Mothers date of death21 January 1927
Fathers date of birthabt 1866
Fathers nameRobert Letham Horn (remarried Isabella McLaren Thomson 1929 NZ)
Fathers place of birthScotland
Parents place of marriageGlasgow, Scotland
Fathers date of death7 January 1945
SiblingsJohn, Robert Letham (WW1 Service Number 22972 , Alexander, Allan Stevenson ( WW1 Service Number 48213, James (WW1 Service Number 22979), Stuart, Nellie, Elizabeth
Children, , , ,
Cause of deathKilled in action
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Last known residenceManakau, Levin
Awards1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Gallipoli Medallion
Place of birthBundaberg, Queensland, Australia
Place of deathDardanelles
Date of arrival overseas03 December 1914
Theatres of warEgyptian 1914-15; Gallipoli 1915
Place of embarkationWellington on TS No 4 'SS Tahiti'
SurnameHORN
War memorialManakau, Levin, Weraroa Peace Gates
Place enlistedPalmerston North
Christian namesDavid
Place of arrival overseasAlexandria, Egypt
Overseas memorialChunuk Bair (NZ) Memorial Reference 5
SchoolBelveredere, Clareville, Muritai
WarsWW1
Service number11/62
ReligionPresbyterian
Date enlisted13 August 1914
Final rankLance Corporal
Regiment or service6th Manawatu Squadron Wellington Mounted Rifles NZEF
Embarkation date16 October 1914
User reference3.237

Image of David HORN

Occupation: Farmer employed by DW Hyde, Paraparaumu.

Declared age: 22 years 10 months.

Height: 5'10".

Weight: 10st 4lb.

Hair: Dark.

Complexion: Dark.

Chest: 33"-35½".

Eyes: Grey.

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