Arthur Charles HOMER

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HOMER, Arthur Charles

Service Number:	115
Enlisted:	25 September 1914
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Coraki, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 28 June 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula II K 12
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blayney and Milthorpe District Roll of Honor, Coraki War Memorial

World War 1 Service

25 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 115, 5th Light Horse Regiment
19 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 115, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Vestalia embarkation_ship_number: A44 public_note: ''
19 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 115, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Vestalia, Sydney
28 Jun 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 115, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 115 awm_unit: 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-06-28

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Son of Thomas HOMER and Margaret Mary MASON

Biography contributed by Evan Evans

Bathurst Library

Pte Arthur Charles Homer was born in Bathurst in 1889.

On the 25th September 1914 he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces with the 5th Light Horse Regiment. Sadly, was killed in action at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, on the 28th June 1915 and is buried at the Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula.

Arthur Charles Homer was one of the five known Aboriginal soldiers buried at Gallipoli.

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