LIVINGSTON, Arnold Glen
| Service Number: | 2114 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ellinston, South Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Cleve, Cleve, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 5 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Ypres Reservoir Cemetery I. F. 60., Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cleve WW1 Honor Roll, Cleve War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2114, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2114, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2114, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 12 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 40th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2114, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Died of wounds on 5 October. | |
| 5 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2114, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2114 awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-05 |
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Arnold Glen Livingston was born in Elliston South Australia in 1895. Before enlisting he was a farmer and lived in Cleve South Australia. He was a member of the Church of England and was single.
Both of his parents died and he was adopted by his aunt Mrs Annie Sophia Myers. He had two siblings, his half-brother J.W Clair and Richard Douglas Livingston, who was his full brother.
Livingston was 5 feet and 4.5 inches tall, he weighed 123 kg, with his chest measuring around 33 and 35 inches. He had a medium complexation and had brown eyes and brown hair. His sight was 6 out of 6 in both his left and right eye, and he had no tattoos or scars.
He enlisted on the 8th of June 1916, in Adelaide South Australia. He was 21 years and 1 month old when he joined and he served as a Private in the 43rd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement.
On 28 August Livingston embarked onto the ship HMAT A68 Anchises and left Australia for Plymouth, where he arrived on 11 October. On November the 23rd, 1916, now with the 40th Battalion, Livingston had left for Southampton from Amesburt Station, Lark hill, and arrived at Southampton two hours later. From Southampton he proceeded to leave for Le Harve, France, and embarked onto a ship at 8pm the next day. Livingston arrived in Le Harve on the 26th and rested in camp number 1. The next few days Livingston spent his time training in Baillleul, France.
From the 1st of December to the 19th he continued more training in Steenwerck, France. The next day, on the 20th, the battalion had to prepare to evacuate the billet and move forward to Armentieres. They moved through Steenwerck and arrived in Armentieres on the 23rd. Livingston and the battalion spent a few days to settle in and to get used to their new surroundings.
In late December 1916, he proceeded to move to the line during the night. On the 31st the battalion planned to make a silent entrance into the enemy lines and successfully arrived in the square farm sector. During the next few months his battalion moved to Le Bizet while engaging in some trench warfare, which continued throughout half of the year 1917. Livingston was most likely guarding the line while staying down in the trenches and training in open warfare and trench filling.
On the 7th of June, 1917, he fought alongside his battalion in Messines, Belgium. He ventured forward to the front line of Messines and the battle lasted for 7 days. After the battle Livingston possibly helped deepen and extend the trench.
On the 1st of October the Battalion had moved to Ypres, Belgium. A few days later, on either the 4th or 5th, Livingston was wounded in action, during an attack on the German position. Arnold Glen Livingston died of wounds on 5 October 1917. He was buried in Ypres Reservoir North Cemetery.
Medals he received were the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
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