Arthur MAJOR

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Service Number:	947
Enlisted:	10 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Follkestone, Kent, England, 1891
Home Town:	Albany, Albany, Western Australia
Schooling:	St Marys, Folkestone, Kent, England
Occupation:	Seaman/Cook
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 34, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

10 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 947, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 947, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 947, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 947, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Major of Capetown, South Africa

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal