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Arthur John PALLISER

Regimental number1939
Place of birthLaunceston, Tasmania
SchoolState School then Oxford, England
Other trainingAviation School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMotor mechanic
AddressUlverstone, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, B Palliser, Ulverstone, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed in the Tasmanian Rangers militia.
Enlistment date18 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver mechanic
Unit name300th Mechanical Transport, Army Service Corps (17th Divisional Ammunition Column (9th Army Service Corps)
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/99/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Training Squadron Australian Flying Corps
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"He enlisted in the Motor Transport, 1914 and served three years before passing over to Oxford to train for the Australian Flying Corps. He gained his commission in June 1918 and fell five days before the armistice was signed. Never heard of since." [Father: Benjamin Dowling Palliser of Ulverstone, Tasmania]
FateKilled in Action 5 November 1918
Place of death or woundingNorth Belgium
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialAnvaing Churchyard (a little north of the west end of the church), Tournai, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
188
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Benjamin and Mary PALLISER, Fulton Street, Ulverstone, Tasmania. Native of Launceston, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2721 Pte Alfred Tasman PALLISER, 1st Mechanical Transport Company, returned to Australia, 4 June 1919.

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