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HARGRAVE, Arthur Leonard
| Service Numbers: | 823, 2926 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 February 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hindmarsh, South Australia, 26 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miller/Soap-maker |
| Died: | Cancer, Daw Park Repat Hospital, South Australia, 8 September 1966, aged 72 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Hindmarsh WW1 Roll of Honour Heroes of the Great War |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 823, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 823, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2926, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2926, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
| 6 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2926, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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Arthur Leonard Hargrave was born on the 26 March 1894 in Adelaide, South Australia. In the years leading up to World War One, Arthur worked as a soap maker and miller. On the 9th of February, 1915 Arthur enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). He was involved in the Private 11th Infantry Battalion, where they embarked and proceeded to Fremantle in 1915. On the 6th of June 1918, Arthur was involved in the 50th Battalion where he was a runner during operations near Zonnebeke, Belgium. This is also where Arthur was wounded, discharged from the AIF, and sent to the United Kingdom to recover. While recuperating, he met Alice Fraser Stott in Edinburgh and proposed. A short time after, Arthur and Alice got married on the 25th December 1917 and returned to Australia. At the age of 72, he died of cancer at the Daw Park Repat Hospital, South Australia on the 8th of September 1966. Arthur is buried at the Centennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide. Arthur Leonard Hargrave was awarded the Military Medal and has been recognised in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette and the London Gazette.
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