Arthur Robert FICKLING

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FICKLING, Arthur Robert

Service Number:	WX13699
Enlisted:	28 May 1941
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Day Dawn, Western Australia, 4 September 1903
Home Town:	Southern Cross, Yilgarn, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Katanning, Western Australia, 12 October 1967, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Katanning Cemetery, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

28 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX13699, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
9 Sep 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX13699, 19th Australian Infantry Training Battalion, embarked Fremantle for Middle East on board HMAT US 1ZA
18 Feb 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX13699, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, embarked Middle East for Fremantle
4 Aug 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX13699, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, embarked Cairns for Milne Bay
28 Jan 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX13699, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, embarked Finschhafen for Townsville on board Van Heutz
29 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX13699, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Arthur was the fourth of seven children of Arthur Charles Fickling (b1867 in Patrick's Plains, NSW) and Elizabeth Julia Ann Rose (b1879 in Moree, NSW). Arthur Snr (a Teamster) and Elizabeth married in 1896 in Goondiwindi, QLD and by 1897 were living in Pinjarra, WA. The couple lived in the Murchison Region in WA - Day Dawn, Dongara and Mingenew) - where Arthur Snr was a Teamster. Following his death at Nangetty Station in 1910, Elizabeth settled in Mingenew WA where she remarried in 1917 and had another two children.

Arthur worked as a Police Constable in Southern Cross and in 1930 married Louisa (Lou) May Dyson (b1908 in Fremantle, WA) in Perth WA. The couple settled in Perth WA and Arthur worked as a Constable in Perth and Fremantle until he was Discharged in 1934 for theft. Whilst Arthur was impprisoned, Lou worked as a Storekeeper in Perth, and by 1937 the couple moved to Southern Cross where Arthur was a Miner.

In May 1941 Arthur enlisted in the Australian Army (Corporal; Service No:WX13699) and was attached to 2/28 Infantry Battalion when he was Discharged in October 1945. Lou settled in Perth WA where she died in 1990. Arthur died in Katanning WA in 1967.

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