Arthur HEARD

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Service Number:	528
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tramway employee
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917
Cemetery:	Birr Cross Roads Cemetery III. B. 3.
Memorials:	Armadale Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St. Kilda East All Saints Anglican Church Mausoleum Memorial

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 528, Melbourne
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 528, 31st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 528, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
26 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 31st Infantry Battalion
8 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 31st Infantry Battalion
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement 528, 31st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 528 awm_unit: 31st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Company Quartermaster Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-09-26

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