Colin Neil MCARTHUR

MCARTHUR, Colin Neil

    Service Number: 4171
    Enlisted: 23 August 1915
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 48th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Mount Gambier, South Australia, date not yet discovered
    Home Town: Bonython, Mid Murray, South Australia
    Schooling: Murat Bay, Bonython, South Australia
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 1 October 1917, age not yet discovered
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Adelaide Australian Harbours Board WW1 Roll of Honour, Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birkenhead WW1 Harbors Board Employees Memorial, Ceduna Merghiny Maltee & Waranda Pictorial Roll of Honor, Ceduna Murat Bay and District WW1 Honor Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4171
    11 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 4171, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
    11 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 4171, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Borda, Adelaide
    3 Nov 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 48th Infantry Battalion
    25 Apr 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 48th Infantry Battalion
    9 May 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 48th Infantry Battalion
    1 Oct 1917: Involvement Sergeant, 4171, 48th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4171 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-01

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    Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

    Father John McArthur and Mother Beatrice McArthur (nee Hartly),
    lived at Murat Bay, South Australia.

    Only son of Mr. and Mrs. John McArthur, Murat Bay.

    Siblings:
    Pearl MacFarlan (nee McArthur)
    Dorothy Hartly Hodson (nee McArthur) b. 26/04/1896 in Philipstown, SA
    Flora (Florrie) Isabella McArthur  b. 05/06/1898 in Mount Gambier, SA

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