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MCARTHUR, George Kirby
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 601, 86413 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Special Services AIF |
| Born: | Forbes, New South Wales, Australia, 28 January 1880 |
| Home Town: | Baulkham Hills, The Hills Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner - later Traveller |
| Died: | Natural causes , Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 27 September 1965, aged 85 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 601, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Morphettville, South Australia | |
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| 1 Dec 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 601, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Thirty-Six, Newcastle | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 601, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Newcastle embarkation_ship: HMAT Thirty-Six embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 9 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 601, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 601, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 11 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 15 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, Australian Army Service Corps (AIF) | |
| 12 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, Australian Motor Transport Company | |
| 24 Sep 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 601, 2nd Motor Transport Company, HT Kaiser-I-Hind , Taranto, Italy and then transferring to HT Devon, Suez for return to Australia - disembarking Melbourne 23 November 1918, then by train to Adelaide | |
| 22 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 601, 2nd Motor Transport Company | |
| 24 Sep 1919: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 86413, Special Services AIF, Victoria Barracks, Sydney | |
| 9 Oct 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 86413, Special Services AIF, SS Valencia, Sydney for United Kingdon - disembarking London 12 December 1919 | |
| 16 Apr 1920: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 86413, Special Services AIF, SS Hororata, London for return to Australia with wife - disembarking Sydney 18 June 1920 | |
| 2 Jul 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 86413, Special Services AIF |
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