Regimental number | 6275 |
Place of birth | Inverell, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Station manager |
Address | Beaudesert, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Height | 6' 1" |
Weight | 158 lbs |
Next of kin | Sister, Mrs P E Welsh, Nullamanna, Inverell, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 20th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/37/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 20th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 777 Pte Nigel Erle Douglas ARTHUR, 6th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 15 February 1918; 43 Sergeant Stanley Oswald Darley ARTHUR, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 23 September 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Sydney, 11 November 1916, as Voyage Only Corporal; disembarked Devonport, England, 30 January 1917, and reverted to Private, and marched in to 5th Training Bn, Rollestone. Proceeded overseas to France, 25 April 1917; joined 20th Bn, in the field, 2 May 1917. Admitted to Field Ambulance, 14 May 1917, and transferred same day to 9th Casualty Clearing Station (venereal disease: gonorrhea), 17 June 1917; to Ambulance Train No 29, 15 June 1917, and admitted to 39th General Hospital, Havre, 17 June 1917; discharged, 24 September 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 103 days. Marched in to 2nd Australian Division Base Depot, Havre, 24 September 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 26 December 1917. On leave to England, 3 February 1918; rejoined Bn from leave, 19 February 1918. Wounded in action, 7 April 1918 (gun shot wound, left side), and admitted to 7th Australian Field Ambulance, and transferred to 46th Casualty Clearing Station; to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, 7 April 1918; to Ambulance Train No 14, 10 April 1918; to England, 10 April 1918, and admitted to Emergency Hospital, Ilford (affiliated to General Military Hospital, Colchester) (wound: slight); transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 31 May 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Karoola', 23 July 1918; disembarked Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit: wound, left side of abdomen), Sydney, 1 March 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ARTHUR Errol Norman Audley |