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Arthur Collins LOVEDAY

Regimental number4777
Place of birthFremantle, Western Australia
SchoolFremantle Boys State School, Western Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
AddressEast Fremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Arthur Loveday, 'Burleigh', Victoria Road, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date1 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 17 April 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularA memorial and testimonial was forwarded to headquarters and signed by officers and men of A company (whom he was commanding) giving a splendid account of bravery and leadership.
FateDied of wounds 12 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23.6
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, row E, Grave No., 43)
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
113
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Mary LOVEDAY, "Burleigh", Victoria Road, Fremantle
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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