EYLES, Arthur Stanley
| Service Number: | 867 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 April 1915, Claremont, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Koonya, Tasmania, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 867, 26th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas. | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 867, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 867, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
| 4 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 867, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 867, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of John Wesley and Mary Alice EYLES
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
867 Private (Pte) Arthur Stanley Eyles, 26th Battalion, of Koonya, Tasmania was a labourer prior to enlistment on 13 April 1915.
Eyles served at Gallipoli from September until being evacuated in October with illness. Following convalescence in Bristol, England, he returned to his unit in Alexandria, being there for less than a month before it embarked for the Western Front.
He was killed in action at Pozieres on 29 July 1916. In his Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau file, it is reported that Pte Eyles was last seen being wounded by machine gun fire when charging across the German line; he has no known grave.
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