HORTON, Alfred Robert
Service Numbers: | 288, 3369 |
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Enlisted: | 13 August 1915 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
Born: | Devenport, Devon, England, United Kingdom, 1871 |
Home Town: | South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 24 June 1939, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Cremated |
Memorials: |
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 288 | |
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4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 288, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 288, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
World War 1 Service
13 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3369, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
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21 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3369 |
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Alfred Robert Horton was born in 1871 at Devenport, Devon, England, a son to Thomas Horton and Jane Mary Horton (nee Vivian). He married Anna Emelia Kirchner on 12 Feb 1901 in Queensland and they had one son.
He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. For his first service he enlisted as a Private S.N. 303 with the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen but did not embark with them, instead embarking as a Private S.N. 288 with the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. For his second service he enlisted as a Private S.N. 3369 with the 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion AIF, WW1.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 515; AWM Nominal Roll WW1; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).