Victor James McColl ARTHUR Mid

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ARTHUR, Victor James McColl

Other Name:	ARTHUR, Victor James McCall - Alternate spelling of christian name
Service Numbers:	691, 5646
Enlisted:	11 August 1914, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia, 27 November 1892
Home Town:	Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Lidcombe Public School
Occupation:	Joiner
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 23 November 1963, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

11 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 691, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Sydney, NSW
19 Aug 1914:	Involvement Private, 691, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked Private, 691, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
21 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5646, 13th Infantry Battalion, Casula, NSW
3 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 5646, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Sydney
3 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 5646, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Robert Boyle ARTHUR and Margaret ARTHUR nee WELSH, Victoria Street, Lidcombe, New South Wales.

Mention in Despatches

'For valuable services rendered whilst prisoners of war, or interned.'
Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31759 (30 January 1920); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 38 (29 April 1920).

Served in Rabaul, returned home and discharged Feb 1915.

Re-enlisted and embarked for France, wouned and invalided to Rouen Hospital, wounded and taken prisoner at Reincort April 11, 1917. Interned Limburg. Repatriated to England Jan 02, 1919.

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