Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Calvert, Horace Edward James

Born 27^th March 1889 Ralphs Bay to Christopher and Margaret Calvert (nee Lawther) a farmer who departed Melbourne 24^th August 1916 on board “HMAT Botanist” with the 12^th Infantry Battalion.

He was severely wounded when a shell fell on the duckboards where he was walking at Messines resulting in the loss of a leg and other injuries. He was taken to the 2^nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station where he died 22^nd December 1917 from his wounds.

He is commemorated in the Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France

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