PORTER, Arthur Alfred
| Service Number: | 3227 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dalby, Queensland, Australia, 11 February 1894 |
| Home Town: | Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Dalby State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 3 April 1918, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot VI, Row 1, Grave No. 4. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dalby War Memorial, Kupunn HB1, Kupunn HB2, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3227, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3227, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3227, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Third Ypres | |
| 3 Apr 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 3227, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3227 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Arthur Alfred Porter was born and raised in Ducklo, Dalby, Queensland, the son of Alma and Emily Annie Porter.
He enlisted in February 1916 and he was made a EDP VO Sergeant when his ship sailed on 22 December 1916. EDP being Extra Duty Pay and VO meaning Voyage Only. He joined the 47th Battalion at the front in Belgium on 21 June 1917, as a Private.
On 12 October 1917 he won a Military Medal, near Passchendaele Ridge, when, although wounded, he stuck to his Lewis Gun, and greatly assisted in beating off a counter attack. He helped to dress other wounded men under heavy fire. ‘His example for pluck inspired all others near him, and his actions were of the highest order.’
Arthur was evacuated with a gunshot wound to his elbow and spent over a month recovering. He was made a Lance Corporal in December 1917, and Corporal a month later. He was killed in action at Dernancourt in France on 3 April 1918, when the 47th Battalion made a week long spirited defence of their position against overwhelming German forces.
The Dalby Herald reported “Sergeant Porter was only 23 years of age and a fine type of Australian manhood, and was particularly popular in the Dalby district.”
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