Arthur Burton SHORNEY

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SHORNEY, Arthur Burton

Service Number:	1369
Enlisted:	28 October 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Semaphore, South Australia, 3 February 1886
Home Town:	Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Prince Alfred College, South Australia
Occupation:	Hardware Salesman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 May 1915, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot 1, Row B, Grave 27 Rev. J. Green officiated Headstone inscription reads: Only dearly loved son of E.G. and L. Shorney of Semaphore Commemorated in the Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Aldgate Honour Board, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Exeter Semaphore Uniting Church (fmly Wesleyan) Roll of Honour, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

28 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1369, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1369, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1369, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edward George Shorney and Louisa Shorney nee Burton of Hall Street, Semaphore, SA. Brother of Margaret Emmeline Shorney, Winifred Helen Shorney and Barbara Kate Shorney

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

He and his father were partners in a hardware store at Semaphore, SA.

Prior to enlisting he had travel Europe and America in 1911

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