Arent VANDERWEG

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Service Number:	254
Enlisted:	20 August 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wagenborgen, Holland, 1878
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 15 February 1933, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (General) Eyre, Path 23, Aspect W, Grave 45. Interred on 17 February 1933
Memorials:

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 254, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 254, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 254, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
10 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 254, 10th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the head and arm. Inv
1 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 254, 10th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding
Date unknown:	Wounded 254, 10th Infantry Battalion

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Silver Age Hotel, Broken Hill, NSW

Husband of Annie Vanderweg C/- John Bales of Blood Creek Station, Oodnadatta, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 20 October 1918 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 15 December 1918

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal