NEEDHAM, Arnold
| Service Number: | 4946 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Oldham, Lancashire, England, 19 August 1897 |
| Home Town: | Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Moss Side Board School, Manchester, England |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4946 | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4946, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4946, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4946, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4946 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 |
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"...4946 Private Arnold Needham, 2nd Battalion from Orange, NSW, formerly of Oldham, England. An 18 year old station hand prior to enlisting on 13 January 1916, Pte Needham embarked for overseas with the 15th Reinforcements from Sydney aboard HMAT Star of England (A15) on 8 March 1916. He was transferred to the 54th Battalion in Egypt on 29 April 1916 and arrived in France for service on the Western Front on 29 June 1916. Pte Needham was killed in action on 19 July 1916 at Fleurbaix, France. After the war his grave could not be located and he was commemorated on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France. In 2008 a burial ground was located at Pheasant Wood, France containing the bodies of 250 British and Australian soldiers including Pte Needham. All of the remains were reburied in the newly created Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery. At the time of the official dedication of the new cemetery on 19 July 2010, ninety-six of the Australians had been identified through a combination of anthropological, archaeological, historical and DNA information. Work is continuing on identifying the other remains relocated from the burial ground and buried in the new cemetery as unknown soldiers. Pte Needham is among those who have not been identified and his name remains on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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