Arthur Norman TETLEY

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TETLEY, Arthur Norman

Service Number:	304
Enlisted:	16 September 1914
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Stratford, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	King Island, Tasmania
Schooling:	Melbourne C of E Grammar School; Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, At sea (HMHS Delta), 8 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berwick War Memorial, Currie King Island Great War Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Melbourne Cricket Club Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

16 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 304, 8th Light Horse Regiment
25 Feb 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 304, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
25 Feb 1915:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 304, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne
4 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 304, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Gallipoli, gun shot wound right knee and abdomen, resulting in his death on 8 August 1915.
7 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 304, 8th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW to legs and abdomen. Evacuated to Lemnos via HS Delta but died of his wounds enroute and buried at sea.

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

ARTHUR NORMAN TETLEY who died of wounds at Anzac on 8th August 1915 was the son of Mr. William Tetley. He was born in 1889 and entered the School in 1903. He left School in 1906, and at the outbreak of the war he was a farmer on King Island.

He came to Victoria at once and enlisted, joining the 8th Light Horse.
He sailed on 25th February and left Egypt on 15th May. He was in the front line, of advance in the great charge of the 8th Light Horse on 7th August and was severely wounded. He died next day.

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