Arthur NEWMAN

NEWMAN, Arthur

    Service Number: 263
    Enlisted: 30 August 1914, An original member of B Company 12th Bn.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery
    Born: Golconda, Tasmania, Australia, 2 March 1893
    Home Town: Zeehan, West Coast, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in action, France, 25 July 1916, aged 23 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    30 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 263, 12th Infantry Battalion, An original member of B Company 12th Bn.
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 263, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 263, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
    25 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 263, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 263 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-25

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    Arthur Newman was one of the first soldiers to enlist from Zeehan, Tasmania. He served at the Anzac landing and right through the Gallipoli campaign with the 12th Battalion and was twice wounded.

    During the early part of 1916 he transferred to the Light Trench Mortar unit but was killed in action during the very heavy fighting at Pozieres.

    His older brother, 1662 Pte. Henry Newman 40th Battalion AIF was later killed in action on 25 August 1918.

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