LODGE, Arthur Leslie
| Service Number: | 4532 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 November 1915, Ross, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF |
| Born: | Tunbridge, Tasmania, 25 October 1885 |
| Home Town: | Tunbridge, Southern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Tunbridge State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Oatlands Soldiers Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4532, Ross, Tasmania | |
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| 8 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4532, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4532, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 4532, 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, Bullecourt (Second), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4532 awm_unit: 4th Australian Medium Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Deb Robinson
"...4532 Private Arthur Leslie Lodge, 14th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion, of Tunbridge, Tas. Pte Lodge enlisted on 8 November 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Warilda in Melbourne on 8 February 1916. On 22 April 1917 he was appointed as a gunner and on 28 April 1917 he transferred to the 4th Heavy and Medium Light Trench Mortar Battery. He was killed in action in France, on 3 May 1917, having previously been reported as missing in action. His death is commemorated at the Villers Bretonneux Memorial in France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Bob is a descendent from the first fleet to Sydney - his great great grandfather arrived in Sydney on board the Scarborough employed as a Private Marine Thomas O'Brien.
His mother Emma heard from other locals that he had been killed. Emma wrote to the Manager of the base records in September to say she had heard he had been killed, clearly a mother's anguish in having wait for many months to learn of her sons fate.
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