ARNOLD, Alfred
| Service Number: | 585 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bourton, Gillingham, Dorset, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Barman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Panel 16, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, 585, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, 585, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 2 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 585, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 585 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-02 |
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Mother is Mrs B Arnold, 14 King Street, Newcastle, New South Wales
Soldier was married to Viloet Grace ARNOLD, 19 July 1913; he stated at enlistment that he was single. He had a daughter, not by his wife, who was left in care to his parents in England; she was made sole beneficiary of his will, and was subsequently granted a pension.
Served for 12 years in the Dorset Regiment, British Army; time expired.
Rank on enlistemnt was Bugler
Appointed Lance Corporal, 25 September 1914.
Admitted to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Mena House, Cairo, 27 March 1915 (malaria); discharged to duty, 3 April 1915.
Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 5 April 1915.
Reported missing, 2 May 1915.
Court of Enquiry, held at Rouen, France, on 3 September 1917, declared fate as 'Killed in Action, on or about 2 May 1915'.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal