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HORSMAN, Gordon C
(Service number 6/1570)

Private Gordon C HORSMAN — Believed to be taken in Edinburgh, Scotland, while on leave (see Notes by S Horsman) (Courtesy of S Horsman )

Memorial card, Gordon Christopher HORSMAN — (Courtesy of S Horsman )

Gordon Christopher HORSMAN's Memorial plaque — (Courtesy of S Horsman )

Gordon Christopher Horsman, service certificate — (Courtesy of S Horsman )

Gordon Christopher Horsman, service medals — Includes (from left to right) the 1914-1915 Star, the British War, and Victory Medals. (Courtesy of S Horsman )

Temuka War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #01)

Temuka War Memorial dedication inscription, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #05)

Temuka War Memorial plaque, names G-M, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Opihi College Roll of Honour — Made by Opihi College teacher David Ellena, 2015 (Courtesy of Kate Manson, Opihi College )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	01/01/1894	Place of Birth	Temuka (Waitohi)

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Otorohanga
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	C. Horsman (father), Otorohanga, Auckland
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	3rd Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	14 February 1915
Transport	Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns	Gallipoli
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	16 September 1916	Age	22
Place of Death	Somme, France
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Caterpillar Valley (NZ) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Temuka RSA Roll of Honour & Temuka War Memorial (as G Horseman); Otorohanga Cenotaph

Biographical Notes

Son of Christopher & Amy Chamberlain Horsman of Otorohanga,. Native of Temuka.

Stuart Horsman recounts (referring to the photograph in the accompanying notes): "Family history has it that Gordon was separated from his unit and was taken under the care of an Australian outfit. Hence the Aussie uniform including slouch. I believe this picture was taken in Edinburgh Scotland while on leave. ...Arthur and Gordon [Horsman - both of which served in World War One] were my Dad’s brothers. Both were born at Waitohi Flat, as was my Dad. The family moved to Otorohanga in the King Country in about 1905, onto a 600 acre bush block. The first Otorohanga child was born in 1908, the last Waitohi Flat child in 1902, hence the 1905 guess. Both boys would have enlisted from Otorohanga."

Sources

Auckland war memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (March 2014); SCRoll web submission from S Horsman, 26 January 2015

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Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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