Arthur Henry FELTIS

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FELTIS, Arthur Henry

Service Numbers:	6781, N67713
Enlisted:	23 May 1917
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bombala, New South Wales, Australia, 24 June 1894
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer and farmer
Died:	Mount Hutton, New South Wales, Australia, 20 September 1969, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-147. 41.
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

23 May 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6781, 18th Infantry Battalion
16 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 6781, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
16 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 6781, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
16 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6781, 18th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD

World War 2 Service

13 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N67713

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.

54 years ago today, on the 23rd December 1969, Lance Corporal Arthur Henry Feltis, 18th Battalion (Reg No-6781), labourer and farmer from 111 George Street, Redfern, New South Wales and Shortland Camp, N.S.W. (1941) and 50 Wilson Road, Mount Hutton, N.S.W., father of two - Kevin John (died 6.3.1938, Newcastle, N.S.W., age?, ANGLICAN 2-147. 41) and Arthur Neville (died 4.11.1982, Newcastle, N.S.W., age?, CATHOLIC 3-73A. 157), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 75. ANGLICAN 2-147. 41.

Born at Bombala, New South Wales on the 24th June 1894 to Henry and Elizabeth Mary Feltis; husband of Mary Feltis nee Cahill (married 21.6.1919 at Manchester Square, London, United Kingdom, died 3.9.1989, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 94, sleeping at CATHOLIC 3-73A. 157), Arthur enlisted on the 23rd May 1917 at Goulburn, N.S.W.

Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A72 Beltana on the 16th June 1917.
Admitted to hospital 13.8.1917 (not stated), 13.3.1919 (tonsilitis).

Wounded in action - 19.5.1918 (SW right shoulder), 23.7.1918 (bomb wound or GSW left thigh & back).

Granted leave from the 3.2.1919 to the 17.2.1919.
Commenced return to Australia 8.10.1919.

Arthur arrived home with wife Mary on the 29th November 1919, being discharged on the 16th January 1920.

Mr. Feltis’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.

I have placed poppies at Arthur’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.

Also served 2nd A.I.F. (enlisted 13.10.1939, Newcastle, N.S.W., 2nd & 8th & 20th Garrison Battalions & 21st Australian Works Coy, N67713, discharged 16.10.1945).

Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....

Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.

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