ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

HORROCKS, Edwin James

Full Name: Edwin James

HORROCKS

Date of Birth: 06

–

1896

Place of birth: Trafalgar

Australia

Occupation: Sleeper Cutter

Address: Collie Burn WA

Next of Kin: Mother-Margaret Horrocks

Next of Kin Address: Collie Burn WA

Religion: Methodist

Service Number: 298

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 28th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-03-03

Enlistment Location: Perth

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1915-06-29

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1915-07-22

Locations Served:

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: DOW

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Gallipoli

Age at Death: 20

Burial Location: Inscription Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli- Panel No. 68

5/03/1915-To No. 10 Depot as Private then to 28th Battalion “B” Company
4/09/1915-Embarked Alexandria with Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces for Gallipoli Peninsula
12/09/1915-Wounded in Action Apex Peninsula Gallipoli ( Gunshot Wound Spine & Abdomen- Dangerously Ill )
17/09/1915-Admitted 7th Aust Field Ambulance ( Bullet Wound Lumbar Region ) then to 16th Casualty Clearing Station ex Hospital Ship
18/09/1915-DIED OF WOUNDS Received in Action Gallipoli ( Haematuria Paralysis ) Buried at Sea from “Somali”.

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

1914/1915 Star- Medal No. 22953

British War Medal – No. 13807

Victory Medal – No. 13747

Memorial Plaque/Scroll- No. 313920.

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Collie War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 113

Lone Pine War Memorial Gallipoli Turkey.

 

FATHER & BROTHER SERVICE DETAILS

Father- 6464- Sapper- HORROCKS, James- 4th Field Company Engineers- Discharged 22/01/1917.

Brother- 555- Pte- HORROCKS, Joseph- 11th Battalion- Died of Wounds 20/05/1915, 22 years of age, at Gallipoli, Turkey.