PRIEST, Arthur
| Service Number: | 2423 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 14 January 1888 |
| Home Town: | Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Machinist with NSW Railways |
| Died: | Enteric Fever, Egypt, 22 February 1916, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery D 328 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balmain Rowing Club Roll of Honor, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2423, 1st Field Company Engineers | |
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| 11 Dec 1915: | Involvement Driver, 2423, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 11 Dec 1915: | Embarked Driver, 2423, 1st Field Company Engineers, RMS Mooltan, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Arthur John PRIEST was born on 1st August 1882. In his Roll of Honour circular at the Australian War Memorial his mother states he was born in London and he came to Australia when he was ‘quite young’. On 11th May 1914 he joined the NSW Government Railways and Tramways as a machinist (temporary) in the Locomotive Branch based at Eveleigh. Before then, according to his AIF Attestation Paper, he had spent five years as an apprentice at the Fulham Engineering Co. On 24th September 1915 the NSWGR&T gave him leave to join the Expeditionary Forces.
He joined the AIF on 24th September 1915 and was assigned to the 12th Reinforcements to the 1st Field Company, Australian Engineers ranked as a Driver (Service Number 2423). He nominated his mother, Mrs Isabella Priest, as his next of kin. When he enlisted his address was the same as his mother’s, at Rozelle in Sydney (on his Attestation Paper he also said he had been born at nearby Balmain).
He went to Egypt where, on 6th February 1916, he was admitted to the 1st Australian General Hospital at Heliopolis with febricula.
On 19th February 1916 he was reported to be dangerously ill. On 22nd February 1916 he died due to the effects of enteric fever.
He is buried in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt. His place of association is Rozelle, Sydney, NSW.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.