THORNTON, Arthur Gibbsland
Service Number: | 880 |
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Enlisted: | 4 September 1914, Kensington, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1888 |
Home Town: | Blacktown, Blacktown, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Originally buried at Gaba Tepe but grave lost |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
4 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 880, Kensington, NSW | |
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18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 880, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 880, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
Arthur Gibbsland Thornton
*Arthur was born in Sydney in 1888
*Arthur's brothers name was George E. Thornton and his father's name was
A.G Thornton
*Arthur enlisted in Kensington N.S.W. on the 14th of September 1914
*Arthur was a carpenter before he joined the army
*Arthur served in the Australian Army with the 1st Battalion in Gallipoli
*Unfortunately Arthur was killed in action
*Arthur's name is recorded on the Blacktown Soldiers Memorial and he is on the Blacktown Roll of Honour
*Arthur died in Gallipoli, the Ottoman Empire on the 2nd of May 1915
*Arthur Gibbsland Thornton has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli in Turkey
*Arthur lived in Blacktown
*Arthur has no known grave
Submitted 30 November 2016 by Cheryl Kersivien