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Arthur Gawler SHORT

Regimental number1744
Place of birthGawler, South Australia
SchoolFlinders Street Public School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBaker
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, James Short, Henley Beach Road, Mile End, South Australia
Enlistment date29 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 1 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of death or woundingLone Pine, Gallipoli
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialEmbarkation Pier Cemetery (Special Memorial Row D, No. 3), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
81
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Jane SHORT, White Street, Highgate, South Australia. Native of Gawler, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers:No.615 Private Henry 'Harry' Short, 29th and then 32nd Battalions, killed in action at Flers, France on 27 October 1916 and No.1775 Private Edward Charles Short, 27th Battalion and 2nd Machine Gun Company, who died of bronchial pneumonia at Abbeville, France on 27 September 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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