Arthur Roland UPTON

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Service Number:	14637
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
Born:	London, England, 1893
Home Town:	Maida Vale, Kalamunda, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Greengrocer
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 1934, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Kalamunda District Roll of Honour, Kalamunda Maida Vale Roll of Honour

4 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 14637, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 14637, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne

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Address at the time of enlistment was ' Boston Farm', Maida Vale, WA

Son of William Henry Upton and Mary Jane Upton nee Cecil of 'Hoe Street, Leyton, London, England.

4 October 1915 - enlisted at Perth, WA, with the 23 Howitzer Brigade and with the rank of Gunner.

15 January 1917 - transferred to the 51st Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 4 January 1919 aboard HT Morvada disembarking on 12 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

5 April 1919 - discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit cellulitis to the foot

During 1921c Arthur married Hilda Grace Philpott in Perth, WA