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Rank Private, Sergeant
Service # 400755
Unit # 33rd battalion
Resident Wallaceburg
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Sergeant Horan enlisted in the American Marine Corps in 1913 and saw service along the Mexican border, receiving a medal as expert rifleman. Upon war breaking out he bought his discharge, returning to Canada in Feb. 1915, when he enlisted with the 33rd Battalion at London, Ontario.

He was transferred from the 33rd to the 30th Wellington Rifles with the  rank of Lieutenant.

He was granted six month leave to recuperate after severe tonsilitis which was followed by diptheria and later by pneumonia with fatal results.

He died Dec. 24, 1915.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources Chatham Daily Planet (26-09-1916), Chatham Daily Planet (27-09-1919), No Return Ticket - Wallaceburg War Casualties - Alan Mann 2002
Supplemental Information Parents: Rev. Cab. C. Horan, Wallaceburg Sister: Dorothy Brother: Keith
Height 6'5"
Eye Colour gray
Age 23
Complexion fair
Hair brown
Race white
Birthplace Holbrook, Darby, England
Religion Anglican
Marital Status single
When Enlisted Mar. 12, 1915
Where Enlisted London, Ontario

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