Arthur Cyril Roy WAITE MC

WAITE, Arthur Cyril Roy

Service Number: 2083
Enlisted: 19 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: Divisional Artillery HQ
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 9 April 1894
Home Town: Norwood (SA), South Australia
Schooling: St Bartholomew's CofE School
Occupation: Engineer
Died: Natural causes, 25 January 1991, aged 96 years, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Adelaide Royal Oak Lodge Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2083, Morphettville, South Australia
20 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2083, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2083, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Adelaide
25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2083, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli
21 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, Divisional Artillery HQ

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Biography

"Arthur Cyril Roy Waite was born in Adelaide, South Australia on the 9th of April 1894. He was educated in Norwood and attended the School of Mines in Adelaide. He was apprenticed to J.H. Southcott, Adelaide, in 1910.

In 1914 he enlisted with the AFA and trained in Egypt. He was present at the landing at Gallipoli and remained on the Peninsular for 4 months. He was active in service throughout the war and achieved the rank of a Colonel in the Australian army.

On 16 October 1918, he married Irene, Herbert Austin’s daughter. There were no children from this marriage.

He returned to Australia in 1919. In the same year he went to England and joined the Austin Motor Company Limited as the Departmental Superintendent in the testing department at the Birmingham works. In 1926 he returned to Australia as Director and Sales Manager of the Austin Distributors Pty Ltd located at 460 Bourke Street Melbourne, Victoria. He returned to England in 1929 to become a board member of the Austin Company.

A C R Waite had a passion for car racing and probably did more to publicize the Austin Seven than anyone.

In 1919 he drove ‘Black Maria’ developed from an Austin 20. He formed the first three car Austin Seven racing team in 1925. He made racing history in 1928, winning the first Australian Grand Prix at Philip Island driving an Austin Seven. He also developed the first blown Austin Seven using a three lobed ‘Roots’ type supercharger. Waite was also responsible for successful twin cam racers of the period.

Colonel Arthur Cyril Roy Waite died on the 25th of January, 1991, at the age of 96." - SOURCE (www.theaustinsevenmotoringpages.info)

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