Studio portrait of 3370 Sergeant (Sgt) George Sackville Cotter Horner, 59th Battalion, of Glen Waverley

AWM Description: "Studio portrait of 3370 Sergeant (Sgt) George Sackville Cotter Horner, 59th Battalion, of Mulgrave, Vic. A gardener prior to enlisting in July 1915, Pte Horner embarked with the 7th Battalion on board HMAT Nestor (A71) on 11 October 1915. He was promoted to Corporal in December 1916 and to Sergeant in April 1917. Arriving in Egypt in February 1916, the 7th Battalion became part of the newly raised 59th Battalion. The 59th Battalion served on the Western Front from May 1916. Sgt Horner died on 27 September 1917 of wounds received at Polygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium. He was 23 years of age."

George Horner was born in Okaleigh and, according to contemporary electoral rolls, his family lived on Waverley Road, Black Flat (Glen Waverley). The Cotter in his name comes from his mother, Anna (or Annie) Maria Cotter. His service record lists his father, John Thomas Horner, as his next of kin. In correspondence, John Horner's address was Fern Hill, Glen Waverley, Via Oakleigh, Vic..

Australian Red Cross documentation states that Sgt Horner was wound by artillery fire near the Bridgade bomb dump while taking flares up to the front line. He was aided in his mission by a Private Mottram and both men were mortally wounded. Sgt Horner was buried in Plot VII. C. 5, The Huts Cemetery, Belgium.

George Horner was mentioned (as a Private) in a family notice posted in The Argus, 1 Sep 1919. The family of Christopher Jenkins (killed in action August, 1918) remembered Horner as a "dear tentmate" of their son.

Accession Number: P08061.001
Collection type: Photograph
Object type: Black & white - Digital print: MakerUnknown
Place made: United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made: 1 May 1917
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Image and quoted text source: www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1231677

Taken on: October 12, 2020

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Glen Waverley

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Sets appears in: • 1910s • Australian War Memorial collection more » • Black Flat • Glen Waverley • People • War and the City of Monash « less

Groups appears in: • Trove: Australia in Pictures • The Great War Archive Flickr Group more » • All Photos of World War I • 100 Years: The Great War, 1914- 1918 | 2014-2018 • Monash City local history « less

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