Arthur John LEE DCM, MiD

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Service Numbers:	81, 411, 215
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	10th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Mount Gambier, South Australia, 4 June 1871
Home Town:	Plympton South, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Prince Alfred College, and the Commercial College, Norwood
Occupation:	Stockman
Memorials:

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Trooper, 81, 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Sergeant, 411, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen

8 Feb 1915:	Embarked Sergeant, 215, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle
8 Feb 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 215, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: ''

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Invalided to Australia August 1900.

Also served with 5th Contingent

Enlisted AIF 28 October 1914 original member B Squadron, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Sergeant, promoted Squadron Sergeant Major 19 August 1915.

Wounded in action [bayonet wound to buttock] 29 August 1915

Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal and Mentioned in Despatches, commissioned 18 December 1916

Lieutenant Lee was wounded second occasion April 1917

Returned to Australia 12 November 1917.