Arthur Joseph WILLIS

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Service Number:	77
Enlisted:	3 September 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Christchurch, New Zealand, 1889
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stock Driver
Died:	Died of wounds - abdomen and liver, At sea on board HS Derflinger, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Panel 21, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

3 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 77, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 77, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 77, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Address at the time of enlistment was 110 Windsor Street, Paddington, NSW

Son of F.M. Willis 12 Halket Street, Christchurch, NZ. Next of kin later changed to his oldest brother Albert Willis of the above address

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