Name
William John Horne
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/09/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
45th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
JEANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
V. D. 1.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Digswell House Australian Hospital Memorial, St John's Church, Digswell
Pre War
William John Horne lived in Melbourne, Victoria and worked as a explosives expert.
He was single and his next of kin was Mrs Jessie May Fee c/o Johnson, Chapman and Fee, Solicitors, Auckland, New Zealand.
Wartime Service
He enlisted on 1 November 1915 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 45th battalion, 4th Reinforcement.
His unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916. He was killed in action on 18 September 1918.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
aif.adfa.edu.au
