Horatio KANE

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KANE, Horatio

Service Number:	NX53678
Enlisted:	9 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/1st HQ Guard Battalion
Born:	Larne, Ulster, Northern Ireland, 12 December 1905
Home Town:	Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Truck Driver
Died:	Died of Illness, New Guinea, 25 February 1944, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea B2F10
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX53678
9 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX53678, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Marched in to Ingleburn Camp, NSW
9 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX53678
1 Mar 1941:	Involvement Private, NX53678, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Libya/North Africa
10 Apr 1941:	Involvement Private, NX53678, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk
25 Sep 1941:	Wounded Private, NX53678, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk, Shell wound (leg) & Colles fracture (wrist)
23 Oct 1942:	Involvement Private, NX53678, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
31 Oct 1942:	Wounded Private, NX53678, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, G.S.W. (amputation Rt. finger)
2 Jun 1943:	Transferred Private, 2nd/1st HQ Guard Battalion, From 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion.

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Biography

Horatio arrived in Australia 1927. Married Ada Cole. Two children Margaret 1938 John 1939. Enlisted 8 July 1940 age 34. Unit 2/17 Btn. 9th Division. Left Sydney on Queen Mary 27 October 1940. Disembarked Egypt 23 November 1940. Wounded 25 September 1941 Tobruk. Wounded 21 October 1942 Battle of El Amein. Retuned to Australia 27 February 1943. Transferred to 2/1st Guard Battallion. Embarked Cairns 26 July 1943 . Desembarked Milne Bay New Guinea 30 July 1943. Died 26 February 1944 of Malaria.

Buried Bomana War Cemetery.

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