KING, Arthur Fred
| Service Number: | 1779 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, 19 February 1891 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bicycle fitter |
| Died: | Lane Cove, NSW , 24 June 1983, aged 92 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales VAUGHAN CATHOLIC LAWN, ROW 46, Grave 0052 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1779, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1779, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1779, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1779, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW left knee | |
| 19 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1779, 6th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, GSW scalp | |
| 31 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1779, 6th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Buyfromthebush is in Lane Cove.
Pte Arthur Frederick KING, #1779
“I have received your letter and newspaper cutting of praise for the Brave Little Army that I am so proud to belong to. … How proud I am to read that the French esteem so highly the Australian Soldiers. I love them very much, they are big hard men, men who live hard, fight hard & think less of death than any other body of men I have ever met. They seem to be very irreligious, & sometimes uncouth, but they are brave & large-hearted, and although naturally we have men of all kinds with us I think their code of honour is the most admirable that is to be found.”
6.10.18.
Growing up, I lived next to an elderly couple call Mr and Mrs King. My Mum recently researched and wrote their history. Today she shared this letter that (Englishman) Arthur King sent to his (French) fiancée Luce in 1918 after enlisting in the AIF and serving at Gallipoli and on the Western Front.
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