POWER, Arthur George
| Service Number: | 5067 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brentford, Middlesex, England , 18 September 1891 |
| Home Town: | Bayswater, Bayswater, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Pattern Maker |
| Died: | Died of wounds received in action – G.S.W. Thigh and Hand, Military Hospital, Western Heights, Dover, England , 25 September 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
South Ealing Cemetery, England |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bayswater War Memorial, Midland Railway Workshops Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5067, 28th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5067, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Arthur George Power was born at Brentford, Middlesex, England on 18th September, 1891 to parents Henry George (Harry) and Frances Ellen (Fanny) Power (nee Crew).
According to information provided by his wife for the Roll of Honour – Arthur George Power came to Australia when he was 19 years old.
Mrs Frances Power (aged 47) & 6 of her children – Grace (aged 18), Daisy (aged 13) Rowland (Scholar, aged 6), Arthur (Farmer, aged 20), Stanley (Scholar, aged 14) & Leonard (Scholar, aged 11) were passengers on Belgic which had departed from the port of Liverpool, England on 23rd September, 1911 bound for Australia. The Power family had contracted to land at the port of Fremantle, Western Australia. They arrived at Fremantle in November, 1911.
Arthur George Power joined the Western Australian Railways on 1st July, 1913 as a casual Labourer at Midland Junction Shops. He was made permanent on 1st July, 1914.
In 1915 Arthur George Power married Annie Elizabeth Batey in Perth, Western Australia.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 15th March, 1916 as a 24 year old, married, Patternmaker from Leake Street, Bayswater, Western Australia.
Private Arthur George Power, Service number 5067, embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on HMAT Seang Bee (A48) on 18th July, 1916 with the 7th Infantry Brigade, 28th Infantry Battalion, 13th Reinforcements.
He was awarded 168 hours detention from 8th August, 1916 – Ship’s Oder No. A 48 Seang Bee. The punishment Card for Private A. G. Power, 5067, 28th Battalion recorded “no further particulars available”. The reverse of the card had “Information insufficient. Ship’s Orders to be noted accordingly. Instructions from Legal Dept.”
On 9th September, 1916 Private Power disembarked at Plymouth, England.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
Private Power was marched in to 7th Training Battalion at Rollestone, Wiltshire on 10th September, 1916.
He proceeded overseas to France via Folkestone on 16th November, 1916 on S.S. Victoria. He was posted to 2nd A.D.B.D. (Australian Divisional Base Depot) at Etaples, France on 17th November, 1916. Private Power proceeded from 2nd A.D.B.D. on 3rd December, 1916 & was taken on strength of 28th Battalion in France on 4th December, 1916 from Reinforcements.
From 12th February, 1917 Private Power was detached from 28th Battalion for duty with 7th Australian Machine Gun Company.
Private Power reported sick on 21st May, 1917. He was admitted to No. 2 Australian Field Ambulance on 21st May, 1917 with P.U.O. (Pyrexia (fever) of unknown origin). He was transferred to D.R.S. (Divisional Rest Station) & admitted to 56th Casualty Clearing Station on 25th May, 1917. Private Power was transferred to Ambulance Train on 30th May, 1917 then admitted to No. 6 General Hospital at Rouen, France on 31st May, 1917.
He was transferred to Base on 14th June, 1917. Private Power was transferred to Harfleur on 15th June, 1917 then transferred to Camiers on 19th June, 1917.
On 21st July, 1917 Private Power was admitted to No. 26 General Hospital at Etaples, France with Nephritis. The next entry on his Service Record file recorded Influenza then transferred to Base on 31st July, 1917. Private Power was posted to Machine Gun Base Depot at Camiers on 6th August, 1917. He was marched out to his Unit on 13th September, 1917.
Private Arthur George Power was wounded in action in France on 20th September, 1917 with 7th Australian Machine Gun Company. He was admitted to 6th Field Ambulance on 21st September, 1917 with Shrapnel wounds to Right Leg & Right Hand then transferred to 2nd Casualty Clearing Station. Private Power was admitted to St. John’s Ambulance at Etaples on 21st September, 1917. He embarked for England on Hospital Ship Ville De Leige on 24th September, 1917 with shrapnel wounds to right Leg & right Hand.
At 12.55 am on 25th September, 1917 Private Arthur George Power died at Military Hospital, Western Heights, Dover, England from wounds received in action – G.S.W. Thigh and Hand.
He was buried in Ealing Cemetery, Ealing, England & is named on the Family Private Headstone. His death is still acknowledged by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/south-ealing.html
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