PERRY, Arthur Rhodes
| Service Number: | 3447 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia., May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Labourer |
| Died: | Influenza, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, 2 April 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3447, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3447, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3447, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 23 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3447, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Near Ypres, gunshot wound to left ankle. Passed through 3rd Field Ambulance, 10th Casualty Clearing Station, 11th USA General Hospital and to England where his left leg was amputated. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Arthur Rhodes PERRY (Service Number 3447) was born at Goulburn in May 1891. He commenced work with the Tramways as an electrical junior on 14th August 1908 but resigned at the end of March 1913. His role at that time was described as labourer. At the end of 1914 he was employed as a temporary labourer with the Railways.
He enlisted on 5th July 1916, describing himself as an electrician. He embarked from Sydney on 21st January 1917 on HMAT ‘Anchises’, disembarking at Devonport, UK. He joined the 53rd Battalion in France in August 1917.
On 27th September 1917, near Ypres, he received a gunshot wound to his left ankle. He was passed through the 3rd Field Ambulance and the 10th Casualty Clearing Station to the 11th USA General Hospital and then to England where his left leg was amputated. Many months later, in July 1918, he was returned to Australia and discharged from the army.
Perry died at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (Camperdown in Sydney) from Influenza on 2nd April 1919 and was buried two days later in the Church of England Cemetery, Waverley.
Since his early death was not related to his war service, Perry’s name is not included in the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. His name is however included in both the Sydney Station Honour Board and the NSW Government Railways and Tramways printed Honour Roll.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board