Colin Henry ARNOTT

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ARNOTT, Colin Henry

Service Number:	1968
Enlisted:	27 September 1915, West Maitland, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Laurieton, New South Wales, Australia, August 1894
Home Town:	Dunbogan, Port Macquarie-Hastings, New South Wales
Schooling:	Laurieton Public School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery:	Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot III, Row B, Grave No 2. "Beloved son of Alice and Colin Arnott Senior of Laurieton, NSW. You were lost but now are found.", Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

27 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1968, 30th Infantry Battalion, West Maitland, New South Wales
16 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1968, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
16 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1968, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1968, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Biography

"...1968 Private Colin Henry Arnott, 30th Battalion, from Laurieton, NSW. A 21 year old labourer prior to enlistment on 27 September 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 3rd Reinforcements from Sydney aboard HMAT Ballarat (A70) on 16 February 1916. Pte Arnott was killed in action at Pozieres, France on 20 July 1916. 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 Arnott. 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, including Pte Arnott, 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." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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