Arthur Albert ERWIN

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ERWIN, Arthur Albert

Service Number:	3041
Enlisted:	31 May 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 5 June 1898
Home Town:	Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Schooling:	St Marys Boys School, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Bootmaker
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 31 March 1918, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Namps-au-Val British Cemetery, France Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 4.
Memorials:	Armidale Memorial Fountain, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

31 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3041, 34th Infantry Battalion
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 3041, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 3041, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Arthur Albert Erwin left Australia in early 1917. He joined the 34th Battalion on the Western Front during September 1917 and was slightly wounded in Belgium a little over a month later.

He was reported to have been hit by a machine gun bullet on 30 March 1918, and died of wounds the next day in the 41st Casualty Clearing Station. He was only 19 years of age.

His older brother, 1339 Pte. William Mathew Erwin 13th Battalion AIF, had died of wounds in Belgium on 17 October 1917, aged 20. They were the sons of William John and Rose Erwin of Armidale, New South Wales.

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