HORSFALL, ALFRED HERBERT,
Lieutenant, was born 29 January 1871, son of Jonas Horsfall, of Yorkshire
and Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was educated at the Scotch College,
Melbourne, and at Melbourne University (MB and ChB 1893). He served in
South Africa 1900-1, as Lieutenant, New South Wales Army Medical Corps, and
as Medical Officer to the 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders, and was present
at the action near Bethune and march to Pretoria, Diamond Hill and at
General Prinsloo's surrender. He received the Queen's Medal with clasps,
and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London
Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "Alfred Herbert Horsfall, Lieutenant, New South
Wales Army Medical Corps. In recognition of services during the operations
in South Africa". The Insignia were presented by the Governor-General of
Canada at Government House, Ottawa. He was promoted Major; became MO,
Hamilton, 2nd Australian Commonwealth Military District, 1 July 1912. In
the European War he served as Major, RAMC (TF) in the Balkan States and
Egypt, for which he was mentioned in Despatches; and as Surgeon, 2nd
Northern General Hospital. He was formerly Resident Surgeon at Melbourne
and Police Hospitals, Victoria, and Medical Superintendent at Newcastle,
NSW, and practised at Newcastle as a surgeon. From 1915-1918 he was
Unionist candidate, Pudsey Division, Yorkshire. He did much travelling in
America and the Far East; was a lecturer of the Royal Colonial Institute and
the Social and Political Education League, and has published, among other
works, 'The Anglo-Saxon as an Empire Builder' and 'Australia's Stake in the
War'. Major Horsfall married, in 1903, Gertrude Emily, daughter of Colonel
C F Stokes, ADC, of Sydney, NSW, and they had one son and one daughter.
