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ARTHUR, Samuel Roy
| Service Number: | 738 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | torrensville, south australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | 22 January 1955, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | New Thebarton Lodge No 23 U.A.O.D. Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 738, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 738, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lieutenant, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Samuel Roy Arthur, born 21st of January 1890, enlisted to serve his country at 25 years old. He was born in Torrensville, South Australia, and later lived in the western suburbs of Adelaide on Grange Road. His known family were his parents Margaretta Jenkins and Samuel Arthur and his wife Elise Louisa Maud holland. He had previously been working as a driver in South Australia his hometown. He enlisted on the 15th of February 1915 and embarked on his journey to Mudros for further training on the 26th of June of the same year, on the HMAT Geelong A2. He was placed in the 27th Australian Infantry Battalion and his service number was 738.
Some of the places he fought in include Mudros (Greece), Alexandria and Ismailia (Egypt), Somme Valley (France), Ypres (Belgium), Le Hamel (France), as well as Amiens (France). The battalion first in 1916 took part in the battle of Pozieres in Pozieres, France from 23rd July to 3rd September and the battle of flers-courcelette in Courcelette, France from 15th to 22nd September. During the year of 1916, he was promoted and changed rolls 4 times, some temporary, and some were permanent. From a private he became a corpral on the 1st of February, promoted to a temporary roll as a second sergeant on the 1st of May, then to a warrant class 1 officer on the 21st of may and finally becoming a regimental sergeant major on the 30th of July. Samuel fell ill in late December of 1916, out of action for 4 days and back in action in France.
In 1917 Arthur took part in the battle of Menin road in Ypres, Belgium on the 20th September 1917 and the Battle of Broodseinde Ridge in Broodseinde, Belgium on the 4th October 1917. Later in 1918, he fought in the German spring offence in the west Flanders, France from the 21st March to the 18th July 1918, the battle of Hamel in le Hamel, France on the 4th July 1918 and the battle of Amiens in Amiens, France, 8th-11th August 1918.
His brigade was part of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin on the 2nd of September 1918, and he was injured with a gunshot to his right thigh on the same day, so we can guess that he might have been injured during battle. He was in hospital in England and later transferred to the 5th Australian Auxiliary Hospital.
Samuel was lucky and got the chance to return home on the 23rd of March in 1919 back to his family in South Australia. He then passed away in 1955 of unknown causes.
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