ARTHUR, Thomas Elsbury
| Service Number: | 5547 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 March 1916, Place of enlistment - Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Ballarat State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engine Driver |
| Died: | Illness (Jaundice), Military Hospital, Fovant, Wiltshire, England, 2 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Fovant (St. George) Churchyard, Wiltshire - South West, England Plot II, Row A, Grave 4 Headstone Inscription "A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND OF A LOVING HUSBAND & FATHER KIND", |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5547, 28th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Fremantle, Western Australia | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 28th Infantry Battalion, Had been made Acting Corporal on 6th June 1916. | |
| 26 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 5547, 28th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A52' Surada from Fremantle on 26th September 1916, disembarking Plymouth, England on 20th November 1916. | |
| 22 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 5547, 28th Infantry Battalion, Admitted to Fovant Military Hospital with Jaundice succumbing to the disease on 2nd December 1916. | |
| 2 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 5547, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5547 awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-12-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of John Andrew and Elizabeth ARTHUR of Hollybank, Wilgul, Victoria. Husband of Eva ARTHUR. Born at Castlemaine, Victoria.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 2nd December…… Thomas Elsbury Arthur was born at Castlemaine, Victoria in 1874.
He married Eva Sutcliffe in 1901 at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. A daughter, Eva Anita Grace Arthur, was born in 1906 in Boulder, Western Australia.
Thomas Elsbury Arthur enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 27th March, 1916 as a 41 year old, married, Engine Driver from G.P.O., Fremantle, Western Australia.
On 6th June, 1916 Private Arthur was promoted to Acting Corporal.
Private (rank as per Embarkation Roll) Thomas Elsbury Arthur, Service number 5547, embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on HMAT Surada (A52) on 26th September, 1916 & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 20th November, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 22nd November, 1916 Acting Corporal Arthur was admitted to Military Hospital at Fovant, Wiltshire – cause N.Y.D. (Not yet determined).
Corporal Thomas Elsbury Arthur died at 5.35 pm on 2nd December, 1916 at Military Hospital, Fovant, Wiltshire, England from Jaundice.
He was buried in St George’s Churchyard, Fovant, Wiltshire, England where 43 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/a---g.html
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