DRINKWATER, Arthur William
| Service Number: | 188 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 October 1914, Liverpool, NSW. |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Maitland, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Gresford Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 5 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Row B, Grave No. 42, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 188, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Liverpool, NSW. | |
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| 20 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 188, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 188, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
| 9 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 188, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 24 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 188, 7th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, BW to right arm. Evacuated to Egypt. | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Involvement Trooper, 188, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 188 awm_unit: 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1916-08-05 | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 188, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Romani |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Tpr Drinkwater enlisted on 22 October 1914 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Ayrshire on 20 December 1914.
He was killed in action on 5 August 1916 at the Battle of Romani, Egypt.
Source: AWM
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
"PRIVATE DRINKWATER
Mr. C. Drinkwater, of "Ivanhoe," Dumaresq-street, Hamilton, has received official intimation that his son, Private A. W. Drinkwater, was killed In the action which took place against the Turks east of the Suez Canal on August 4 and 6. Private Drinkwater was a member of the Cessnock (7th) Light Horse, was among the first to enlist, and left Sydney in December, 1914. He was in the fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and was wounded on August 24th, 1915. He was disabled for five months, at the end of which time he returned to light duty, and later rejoined his unit. Three days before Mr. Drinkwater got news of his son's death, he received a letter from him. He stated that he was in the best of health, but was longing to get a few weeks' leave to enable him to return home for a time."
Source: The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate for 14-20 August 1916
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