KILLED IN ACTION.
Advice has been received by Mrs Hornby, 53 Vivian street, Wellington, that her son, Private Arthur Hornby was killed in action in France on November 21. Private Hornby was born in Invercargill, and educated at Port Chalmers Grammar School. He was in Sydney at the outbreak of war, and gave his service and left with the main Australian Forces. He was wounded twice at Gallipoli, was invalided to England, and was eventually sent to France, where he met his death. His elder brother left Wellington with the Reinforcements, and is now serving in France. -Evening Star, 28/2/1917.
Arthur Hornby was working as a stockman when he enlisted in the Australian Army in 1914. He left for the War in October, 1914. Details of his death are few. Although he died at a quiet time in the line for his unit, he has no known grave. One possibility is that he was part of a trench raid and did not return from enemy lines.
Port Chalmers Cemetery.
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