Carl Hjalmar ARRING

ARRING, Carl Hjalmar

Service Number: 5030
Enlisted: 17 December 1915, Adelaide
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Täby, Uppsala, Sweden, 28 January 1879
Home Town: Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 October 1917, aged 38 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

17 Dec 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5030, 10th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide
25 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 5030, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 5030, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

"DEATH OF A FELLOW WORKER"

 

News fo the death of Private C.H. Arring, of Port Pirie, who was killed in action in France on October 7 was received yesterday.  The information was conveyed to his friend Mr. P. Persse by the Rev. A Pason, to whom it was telegraphed by the military authorities.  Private Arring was working on the wharf here for a number of eyars, and was familiarly known as 'Fellow Worker" a pseudonym gained by his frequent use of the words when addressing his comrades from the soap-box on industrial matters.  He was a frequent speaker during one stirring period.  He was a Swede by birth and about 42 years of age.

 

Port Pirie Recorder and North Western Mail Friday 16 November 1917 page 2

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