Arthur Henry WIGHT

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Service Number:	1441
Enlisted:	1 December 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No knoww grave Panel 19, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

1 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1441, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1441, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1441, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney

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Son of Charles Wight and Annie Alice Kane formerly Wight of 6 Cove Street, Balmain, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal