Captain Douglas David Horton WWI Diary

Captain Douglas David Horton, schoolteacher of Mittagong, N.S.W., enlisted aged 24 years, 13 July 1915 and embarked from Sydney on HMAT Warilda, 8 Oct. 1915. He served as a lance-corporal with the 1st Battalion in France where he was wounded, 7 Mar. 1918. He returned to Australia on the Anchises, 13 Oct. 1919.

To read a transcript of his diary TOUCH or CLICK HERE.

To see a map of Pozieres, France TOUCH or CLICK HERE.

(State Library of New South Wales)

Captain Douglas David Horton
Captain Douglas David Horton
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"Warilda"
"Warilda"
"HMAT Anchises"
"HMAT Anchises"
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