Arthur William CAPPER

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Service Number:	1901
Enlisted:	18 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1876
Home Town:	Abbotsford, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 July 1934, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria Church of England area, Row NS, Grave 0753 Commemorated with a plaque in the Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

18 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1901, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
9 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1901, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1901, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
23 Dec 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Railway Supply Detachment
29 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1901, 18th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on 12 June 1918
27 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1901, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to Hernia

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Son of Samuel Capper and Jane McConnell Capper nee Phillips of Carlton, Victoria

Next of kin given as his brother Herbert Samuel Capper of Southh Audley Street, Abbotsford, Victoria

Husband of Grace Capper nee Anson. Arthur and Grave married during 1920c in Sydney, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 8 November 1918 aboard HT Gaika disembarking on the 31 December 1918

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