BOULDEN, Arthur Edward
| Service Number: | 1905 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Medical Corps WW1 |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, January 1883 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dealer |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 30 June 1930, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 3S, Site No: 4 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1905, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 20 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1905, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1905, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Hororata, Adelaide | |
| 10 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1905, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , GSW to right eye (blinded in that eye) | |
| 30 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Continued to serve as a hospital orderly despite blinding in right eye | |
| 28 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1905, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Medical discharge, right eye |
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From How We Served
1905a Private Arthur Edward Boulden of Adelaide, South Australia had been employed as a dealer when he enlisted for War Service on the 22nd of January 1915 and was allocated to reinforcements for the 16th Battalion 1st AIF.
Arthur was embarked for Egypt and further training on the 20th of April, and was sent to the trenches of Gallipoli on the 13th of July. By the 28th of August he had been evacuated suffering sickness and was firstly sent to Imbros Island for treatment, and with no significant improvement he was evacuated back to Egypt where he arrived for admission on the 14th of October. Arthur was deemed fit enough to re-join his Unit and was taken back on strength on the 4th of April 1916, just weeks before they were shipped to France, where they arrived on the 1st of June.
Within two months of landing in Northern France, Arthur was seriously wounded in action by shrapnel to his right eye on the 10th of August 1916, causing him the loss of sight in that eye. Evacuated back to England for hospitalisation where he arrived for treatment on the 18th of August. After months of treatment and then convalesces, Arthur would nearly spend a year before he was fit for any further service and was transferred to the Australian Army Medical Corps, and was transferred from the 16th Battalion to the 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Harefield) on the 12th of August 1917.
Now with the medical corps Arthur would continue to serve as an orderly in England until he was detailed to nursing duties and was embarked for Australia on the 21st of December 1917, and by the 28th of March 1918, having himself been deemed an invalid due to his service in France, Arthur was formally discharged from the 1st AIF on the 28th of March 1918.
Having been re-entered into civilian life, Arthur’s premature death at the age of 47 occurred on the 30th of June 1930, and following his passing he was formally laid to rest within West Terrace Cemetery, South Australia
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