Arthur James CARNELL

CARNELL, Arthur James

Service Number: 492
Enlisted: 27 August 1914, Kensington, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales
Schooling: State School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Railway Foreman
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipol, 25 April 1915
Cemetery: Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bungendore WW1 Roll of Honour, Bungendore War Memorial, Goulburn District Railway Employees Great War Honour Roll, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

27 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 492, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Kensington, NSW
20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 492, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 492, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

John and Ellen CARNELL

Biography contributed by John Oakes

Arthur James CARNELL, (Service Number 492), was born on 26 January 1893 at Bungendore NSW. He was employed as a casual engine cleaner at Wellington Locomotive Depot from 13 September 1911. He became a permanent employee on 18 April 1912. He then worked at Picton and Goulburn. By June 1914 he had been promoted to locomotive fireman. He joined the AIF on 25th August, soon after the outbreak of the war.

He left Australia from Sydney on board HMAT ‘Euripides’ on 20th October 1914. He joined the 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion.

He was killed in action on the same day of the landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915.

He is buried at Quinn’s Post Cemetery, Gallipoli, although his headstone is engraved ‘Believed to be buried in this Cemetery’.

- based on the notes for the Great Central Station Honour Board

 

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