BUCK, Arthur Hart
| Service Number: | 6966 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 October 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kingscote, South Australia, 18 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Home Schooled |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Raid On Celtic Wood, Celtic Wood, Belgium, 9 October 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (1), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kingscote Kangaroo Island WW1 Roll of Honour, Kingscote War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Penneshaw Kangaroo Island Men Roll of Honor WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 6966, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6966, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide | |
| 8 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6966, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Raid on Celtic Wood
Private Buck went to hospital sick on 3 October but rejoined the battalion two days later. He must have come up with Lieutenant Fenn and the reinforcements during the night of 8 October for at the time of his death he was in the field with C Company.
Credible witness statement in his Red Cross file by a confirmed raider. Sergeant Wood. - ‘He was wounded while in a demonstration at Celtic Wood…died while we were carrying him back.’
Notes: - From letter to the Base Records Officer dated 7 January 1918 written by Mrs Elizabeth Buck. - ‘...Can you give me details of my Dear Sons Death who was killed in Action October 8th 1917 in France. ... I would like to know how My Dear Boy Fell & in what Battle & where fought, He was such a good son to me...’ [i]
In a letter of reply dated 25 October 1922 the Base Records Office stated his regret that only burial information he had available was that her son’s ‘remains were interred in Celtic Wood’. [ii]
[i] National Archives of Australia, B 2455, Buck Arthur Hart / 3152626, viewed 5 May 2012.
[ii] ibid
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