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WAITE, Arthur Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 230 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, 23 August 1881 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 3 April 1956, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Sapper, 230, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Sapper, 230, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Medic, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
Also in English Royal Engineers Volunteer.
Great Uncle Arthur, also served in England, as a volunteer for 7 + 1/2 years in Gloucester Royal Engineers. Married Alice Mary Powel; July 1905 • Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; Moved to Fremantle in early 1900's; then joined Australia in WWI. Then had 4 children: 1: Frances.M Waite (1906-): 2: Arthur Geoffrey Waite
1910–1945: 3: David Edward Waite: 1918–1990: and 4th= Margaret Alice Waite
1922–1997: His 2 sons went on to also serve. He tragically lost his son in a air crash accident in the War. They have many relatives /pioneers in Western Australia.
Submitted 14 May 2025 by Les Westerlund