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HEINKE, Arthur Albert

Service Number:	1621
Enlisted:	3 January 1916, Forbes, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Forbes, New South Wales, Australia, 31 March 1890
Home Town:	Forbes, Forbes, New South Wales
Schooling:	Forbes Public School
Occupation:	Engine Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Forbes Employees of Daroobalgie Freezing Works Honour Roll WWI, Forbes St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Roll of Duty (2), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

3 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1621, 45th Infantry Battalion , Forbes, NSW
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1621, 45th Infantry Battalion , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1621, 45th Infantry Battalion , HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement Private, 1621, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1621 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-11

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Frank A. and Eliza S. Heinke, of Willowdene, Forbes, New South Wales.