A'COURT, Arthur John
| Service Number: | 3226 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitter |
| Died: | 25 March 1968, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3226, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3226, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, "During the operations in front of REINCOURT during morning April 10th and April 11th, 1917 this man did fine work in helping build a R.A.P. and dressing the whole time of operations till ordered to leave late in evening on 11th April 1917. His work on 11th April, 1917 was all the finer as he was absolutely knocked up from overwork and loss of sleep. He has been mentioned in despatches two or three times before for his fine work the last occasion being for work North West of GUEDECOURT, February 4th to 6th." |
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Arthur was born in London, England around 1887 to his parents Charles Albert A’Court and Mary Ann Coutts A’Court.
Arthur John A’Court enlisted at Melbourne on the 10th of July 1915 and completed his training at camps in Seymour, Ballarat and Broadmeadows. At Broadmeadows camp he was assigned as a Private to the 11th reinforcements, 14th Battalion, 4th Brigade. Private A’Court embarked from Melbourne on the 11th of October 1915 on board the HMAT Nestor. In the beginning of March 1916, Private A’Court was transferred to the Australian Medical Corps and attached to the 14th Battalion while in Egypt. In June 1916, Arthur travelled from Egypt to France. In mid-September 1916, he was transferred to the 4th Field Ambulance and promoted to Lance Corporal in February 1917. Three months later in early May 1917, Lance Corporal A’Court was promoted to Corporal. A week later, on the 15th of May 1917, Private A’Court was awarded a Military Medal. The recommendation stated ‘During the operation in front of Reincourt during April 10th and April 11th 1917, this man did fine work in helping build a R.A.P. and dressing the whole time of operations till ordered to leave late in the evening on the 11.4.17. was all the finer as he was absolutely knocked up from overwork and loss of sleep.’ At the end of September 1917, Arthur received a gun shot wound to his left knee. He was transported to England and admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital. He rejoined his unit in late February 1918. After the end of the war, Arthur disembarked from England on board the Miltiades on the 5th of August 1919 before being discharged on the 7th of October 1919.
In 1919 Arthur married Mary Elizabeth Ansett in Melbourne, Victoria. They had a son in 1920, Gladstone Arthur A’Court who joined the Royal Australian Air Force and fought during the Second World War and was killed in a flying battle over Germany on 22 June 1944. Arthur John A’Court died on the 25th of March 1968 in Footscray and was buried at the Springvale Cemetery in Melbourne.
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