Arthur Vincent AWBURN

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Service Number:	3011
Enlisted:	16 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, 7 February 1897
Home Town:	Wodonga, Wodonga, Victoria
Schooling:	St Augustines School, Victoria
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Illness, Victoria, 5 February 1973, aged 75 years
Cemetery:	Wodonga Cemetery, Victoria Catholic Section L 016
Memorials:

16 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3011, 22nd Infantry Battalion
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3011, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3011, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
30 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3011, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit

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Arthur Vincent AWBURN was born in Wodonga, Victoria on 7th February, 1897

His parents were George Thomas AWBURN &Mary Ann ECK

He enlisted on 16th July, 1915 and embarked on the HMAT Commonwealth on 26th November, 1915 with the 22nd Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcements

He returned to Australia on 13th April, 1919 on the HT Castalia and was discharged on 30th August, 1919 as medically unfit

He married Eileen Constance Mary McHUGH on 25th September, 1925 in a Nuptial Mass at Seddon in Victoria

Arthur died on 5th February, 1973 and is buried in Wodonga Cemetery