HINDMARSH, Arthur Frederick
| Service Number: | 5829 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, 23 April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Lyra, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Messines, Belgium, 10 June 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bethleem Farm East Cemetery Row A, Grave No. 8. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballandean Sons of the Empire, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Stanthorpe Fallen Soldiers HR, Stanthorpe Soldiers Memorial, Wallangarra War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5829, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 5829, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 5829, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Arthur Frederick Hindmarsh was the son of Peter and Mary Anne Hindmarsh of Lyra, Stanthorpe, Queensland. Known as ‘Fred’ Hindmarsh, two of his brothers enlisted in the First World War. Only one of the three Hindmarsh soldiers survived the fighting. Fred’s father had passed away during 1914. His older brother, 4806 Pte. Edwin Hindmarsh 15th Battalion AIF had been killed in action at First Bullecourt only two months before on 11 April 1917, aged 32.
Arthur Frederick Hindmarsh was seen to be killed by shellfire near in the ‘Black Line’ during the Australian attack at Messines in Belgium. A Sergeant said a Lieutenant Bartley was killed by the same shell and that Hindmarsh was only about 20 years of age and a good lad.
He was buried in Bethlehem Farm East Cemetery by Reverend A.A. Mills.
His widowed mother, Mary Anne Hindmarsh received separate pensions for the loss of her two sons.
A third brother, 213 Private William Charles Hindmarsh 31st Battalion AIF was returned to Australia for ‘family reasons’ during October 1918.
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