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Charles Horncastle

1890-1982

Unit

2nd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

21449

About

Born

30 November 1890
Residence

Hometown

Nelson
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Mr. Baigent, Nelson
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 91

30 June 1982

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5541 22/0056690, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.34, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 41.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Charles Horncastle (1890-1982)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/393

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