Arthur Glenas MALLER

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MALLER, Arthur Glenas

Service Number:	7019
Enlisted:	14 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 1 June 1893
Home Town:	Roma, Maranoa, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Roma, Queensland, Australia, 4 January 1980, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Roma General Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:	Town of Roma and Shire of Bungil WW1 Honour Board, Wallumbilla Cenotaph

World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7019, 9th Infantry Battalion
17 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 7019, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
17 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 7019, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
5 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7019, 4th Infantry Battalion, GSW - France
22 Jul 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7019, 4th Infantry Battalion, per Ulysses
14 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7019, 4th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Arthur was the second of eight children of William Arthur Maller (b1869 in Wallumbilla, QLD) and Martha Gardner (b1869 in Ipswich, QLD). William and Martha married in 1891 in Ipswich, QLD where they lived until moving to Woogaroo Creek in Redcliffe in 1900 - where William was a Farmer. By 1907 the family had moved to Pickanjinnie near Roma, QLD where William was a Farmer.

Arthur was a Selector at Boreview Farm, Pickanjinnie near Roma qLD when he enlisted in the AIF in 1916 - he had previously served three years with the Militia (3rd Light Horse Regiment). Arthur was a Private (Service No:7019) with 23/9th Infantry Battalion and 4th Infantry Battalion. He was WiA in France (GSW) in April 1918 and was Discharged in October 1919. Brother Richard Norman (Service No:7018) also served in WWI and son Glenas Arthur (Service No: 77923) and brother Wilson (Service No:Q228647) served in WWII.

Arthur returned to Boreview Farm in Pickanjinnie and in 1923 married Mary Dominica Bertolotti (b1902 in Wallumbilla, QLD). Arthur and Mary moved to Nambour, QLD in 1925, where Arthur worked as a Wood Merchant. The family had returned to Roma by 1930 and Arthur was a Farmer at Wallumbilla, where Mary died in 1975. Arthur died in 1980.

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