METCALFE, Arthur Charles
| Service Number: | 823 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 24 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, January 1892 |
| Home Town: | Cooks Hill, Newcastle West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Bomb Explosion, Belgium, 16 March 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Somer Farm Cemetery Row B, Grave No. 14 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cooks Hill St John's Honor Roll, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 823, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 823, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 823, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell
Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
102 years ago today, on the 16th March 1918, Private (Bomber) Arthur Charles Metcalfe, 55th Battalion, labourer from 143 Darby Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales, fell at Messines Ridge, Belgium, age 26.
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1647381/
https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1493598/
Born at Cooks Hill, New South Wales on the 31st December 1891 to Thomas Abraham (died 1931) and Sophia (died 1898) Metcalfe; husband of Mary Bridget Metcalfe nee Ward (married 20.4.1916) of 41 Bull Street, Cooks Hilll, New South Wales and 18 Council Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W. and Bridge Street, Branxton, N.S.W., Arthur enlisted February 1916 with the 36th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137107479
Admitted to hospital 13.12.1916 with mumps, Pte Metcalfe is resting at Somer Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Row B Grave 14.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138158617
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138150657
His name has been inscribed on the Cooks Hill St. John's Anglican Church Honor Roll, Book of Gold and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall at Sandgate Cemetery. Name not inscribed on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139647571
Memorialised at his family’s gravesite at Sandgate Cemetery.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=443247#photo-1
Arthur's wife Mary re-married 1921 to Edward Lewis, died 1969.
Lest We Forget.
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