TATTERSALL, Arthur Desmond
| Service Number: | 883 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 February 1916, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dubbo, New South Wales, 23 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bugaldie, Warrumbungle Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Bugaldie Public School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Gun shot wound to spine, Armentieres, France, 22 March 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot III, Row B, Grave no. 23, Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baradine Honour Roll WW1, Baradine War Memorial, Bugaldie HB1, Coonabarabran War Memorial Clock Tower |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 883, 36th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 883, 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, 883, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 22 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 883, 36th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Arthur Desmond TATTERSALL wa born on 23rd August, 1895 in Dubbo, New South Wales
His parents were George TATTERSALL and Alice May GRAHAM
He enlisted in Liverpool, NSW for WW1 on 12th February, 1916 and embarked with the 36th Infantry Battalion on 13th May 1916 on the ship HMAT Beltana
Arthur died on 22nd March, 1917 due to a gunshot wound to his spine & is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension -
Inscription on his headstone reads:
"DEARLY LOVED SON OF MRS A.M. TATTERSALL OF BUGALDI, NSW - AT REST"
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & he received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal
His brother Rupert Clarence TATTERSALL (SN2218) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1915 & re-enlisted for WW2 (SN N68075)
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Trove - OBITUARY
Mudgee Guardian 21st May, 1917 page 4
Private Arthur Desmond Tattersall, son of Mrs. A.M. Tattersall was born at Dubbo on August 23, 1895 and went to Bugaldi when only seven years of age. He was an old Bugaldi school boy, having educated at the public school there. He enlisted in 1916 as a private in Carmichaels Thousand and sailed from Sydney in May 1916 and after eight weeks arrived at Salisbury Plains, England. When on Salisbury Plain he was transferred to the Machine Gun Section fo the Field Artillery.
He sailed from England to France early in October of last year and while operating a Lewis gun on the Somme front, he was wounded and taken to the 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, France on March 22. There he died.
Private Tattersall was Mrs. Tattersalls youngest son and was always spoken of by his comrades as a soldier who if he had luck, would distinguish himself on the battlefield. He was only 20 years and 5 months old when he enlisted and was 21 years and 6 months old at the time of his death. Mrs. Tattersall had had no particulars of his death, only just the news telling her that he was dead and what he died from.
Very great sympathy will be felt with the family of the young soldier who has bravely met his death in far away France.
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Mudgee Guardian 16th April, 1917 page 2
ROLL OF HONOUR
Mrs. A.M. Tattersall, "Silent Vale" Bugaldi
TATTERSALL - Killed in action in France on March, 22, Private Arthur Desmond Tatterall.
"A hero laid beneath Franch sod, with honour has returned to God
He put aside the gun & sword, and gone to claim his just reward
We mourn for you dear Desmond, but not with outward show
For those who mourn sincerely, mourn silently and low
Your death has saddened us dear Desmond, though noble was your fall
You died an Australian solider, the bravest death of all"
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"Somewhere in France they've laid him, somewhere in France he fell
little we though when we parted, it was our last farewell
somewhere in France he is sleeping, our beloved one, so true and brave
Far away from the land of the wattle, he lies in a heroes grave"
Inserted by his loving mother, sisters & Brothers
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ROLL OF HONOUR
"Forget him not who died for us, when peace shall reign once more
remember still that lonely grave beyond some foreign shore
not marked by a marble cross, but by a simpler one
just buried nearth that grass grown sod, there sleeps my darling son
far away on the field of battle, there midst the shot & shell
In defence of those he loved dearly, our darling brother fell
Somewhere in France they laid him, our soldier so brave & true
he fought for our honor and freedom, and died nearth the red white & blue
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