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Arthur Oliver EMMINS

Regimental number3044
Place of birthLondon, England
SchoolLondon Board School, London, England
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBootmaker
Address81 Magill Road, Stepney, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Emmins, 81 Magill Road, Stepney, South Australia
Enlistment date29 June 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll29 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 14 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 11 April 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialQueant Road Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 32), Buissy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
145
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas James and Eliza EMMINS, 68 Frederick Street, Maylands, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1536 Corporal William Edward EMMINS, 47th Bn, killed in action, 7 June 1917; 3740 Pte Edward William EMMINS, 2nd Australian General Hospital, returned to Australia, 13 April 1919.
Other details

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

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