TETLEY, Arthur Norman
Service Number: | 304 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Stratford, Vic., 1889 |
Home Town: | Berwick, Casey, Victoria |
Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 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, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, MCC Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918 - Melbourne Cricket Club, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
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: '' | |
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25 Feb 1915: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 304, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography 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.