SERGT GEOFFREY GARNETT HORSFALL, 10TH AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE. KILLED IN ACTION AT WALKER'S RIDGE, ANZAC, GALLIPOLI, AUGUST 29TH, 1915. AGED 31. At the School 1896—1901 (Judde House). Sergt. G. G. Horsfall was the elder son of Alfred Horsfall and Mrs. Horsfall, of Clitheroe, Lancashire. On leaving School he went out to Singapore, where he was in an export and import office for a time, and then was with Linggi Plantations, Ltd., at Seremban, Malay States, until 1910, when he married, and became partner in a firm of brokers at Singapore. He came home in 1913, and then went out to Australia. He was a devoted husband and father, and left his widow with two children, a son and a daughter. His son died on February 9th, 1917. When war broke out he applied for a commission in the 10th Light Horse; but, as there was some delay, he joined as a trooper and went with the Regiment to Egypt in March. He had a severe attack of pneumonia in Egypt, and his CO. advised that he should stay behind, but he refused, saving that he was "out for the V.C," and in his last letter home said that if he fell it must be remembered that it was in a good and just cause and that he wanted to fight. When the Regiment went to the Gallipoli Peninsula early in August, they left their horses behind in Egypt and went as infantry. They were continuously in action from August 6th to 10th, and he was killed in the action at Walker's Ridge, Anzac, on August 29th, 1915. The only information that was available as to the circumstances under which he met his death had been obtained from his officer, Lieut. Throssell, V.C., of the 10th L.H., who was in hospital in England. It is evident that Sergt. Horsfall displayed that reckless bravery which has been so conspicuous in this War, and not least on the part of our colonial troops. The following account of what Lieut. Throssell told his visitor was sent to Sergt. Horsfall's mother, and is taken from the local paper :— "On the morning of Sunday, August 29th, they had orders to take a trench and hold it. They had a hard task, and in the fight the 10th Light Horse won a glorious name. Only twenty-five men were left out of eight hundred. Ihey had been fighting for a few hours when Sergt. Horsfall fell. He was shot through the forehead and rolled back near Lieut. Throssell, and died instantaneously. He was standing firing at the time, and could not have had a more glorious end." Lieut. Throssell said that Sergt. Horsfall was one of the bravest men he had ever met. He was simply amazed at the reckless bravery he displayed.