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Richard William ARNEY

Regimental number5817
Place of birthHughenden, Queensland
SchoolRichmond State School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressRichmond, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 5.5"
Weight116 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Arney, Richmond, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date1 November 1915
Place of enlistmentTownsville, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 4 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular'He was wounded and taken prisoner at Bullecourt on April 11th 1918. Repatriated 2nd Jan 1919. Died of influenza at Dartford, England.' (details from mother)
FateDied of disease 3 March 1919
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialBournemouth East Cemetery (Plot U, Row I, Grave No. 150), Hampshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
74
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Jean ARNEY. Native of Richmond, North Queensland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Brisbane, 4 May 1916; disembarked Suez, 15 June 1916.

Embarked Alexandria for England, 6 August 1916.

Found guilty, 31 August 1916, of overstaying leave from Reveille until reporting back at 8 pm, 31 August: awarded 10 days' confined to camp, and forfeited 2 days' pay under Royal Warrant.

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 5 September 1916 (gonorrhoea); discharged to duty, 5 December 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 85 days.

Proceeded overseas to France, 16 January 1917.

Transferred to 15th Bn, 19 January 1917; taken on strength, 15th Bn, 23 January 1917.

Reported missing in action, 11 April 1917; subsequently reported Prisoner of War, interned at Cassel Camp, Germany.

Repatriated to Eng.

Granted leave until 3 February 1919.

Found guilty, 20 February 1919, of being absent without leave from 10 am, 3 February, to 10 pm, 19 February 1919: awarded forfeiture of 17 days' pay; total forfeiture: 34 days' pay.

Admitted to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 24 February 1919; listed as 'dangerously ill', 27 February 1919; died of influenza, 3 March 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, ARNEY Richard William
Red Cross File No 01309051

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