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LILBURNE, Arthur Melville
Personal Details
Service Number: | Officer |
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Enlisted: | 18 February 1916 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 4 December 1888 |
Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
Schooling: | Grenville College, Melbourne University |
Occupation: | Maths Teacher |
Died: | Illness, United Kingdom, 11 July 1918, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot IV, Row C, Grave 6 Epitaph is in Latin "Spe Et Amore Pro Patriaet Libertate Mon Sibi Fidelie Gerta Merces" which partly translates as "hope and Love for our Country's Freedom" |
Memorials: | Parkville Old State College Memorial Windows |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner | |
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3 Oct 1916: | Involvement Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
3 Oct 1916: | Embarked Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
17 Mar 1918: | Honoured Military Cross | |
11 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-07-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Arthur Melville LILBURNE was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1888
His parents were Arthur Edmond LILBURNE & Clara Jepson MORRIS