CARNELL, Arthur James
| Service Number: | 492 |
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| 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 Special Memorial 36 |
| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 492, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Kensington, NSW | |
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| 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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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