Arthur Graham HUSSEY

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Service Number:	396
Enlisted:	31 May 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1887
Home Town:	Werris Creek, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Victoria, Australia, 3 June 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Preston Public Cemetery, Victoria Grave listed as Arthur George Hussey. Area M, Grave 11121. Interred on 10 June 1954
Memorials:

31 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 396, 7th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
19 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 396, 7th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
19 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 396, 7th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
17 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
13 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
27 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, On 29 December 1917 he reverted to the rank of Corporal at his own request
8 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 396, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Wound to the shoulder. Embarked HS Newhaven for England on 13 April 1918
7 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 396, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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Husband of Elsie May Hussey nee Ballinger of Chisholm Road, Auburn, NSW. Arthur and Elsie married during 1914c in Woollahra, NSW

Commenced return to Australia as wounded on 23 September 1918 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 27 November 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

At the time of his death Arthur's residential address was Lansdowne Street, East Melbourne, Victoria