Arthur Laggart MCKINSTRY

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Service Number:	2597
Enlisted:	24 January 1916, Place of enlistment - Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, 1888
Home Town:	Goornong, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Memorials:	Goornong District Honor Roll WW1, Goornong Presbyterian Church Honour Roll

24 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2597, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Place of enlistment - Bendigo, Victoria
11 Jul 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2597, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Embarked on RMS Mongolia from Melbourne on 11th July 1916
1 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Imperial Camel Corps
1 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Light Horse Regiment, The 15th Light Horse Regiment was formed in Palestine in June 1918 from members of the Australian companies of the Imperial Camel Corps (ICC). The ICC had been disbanded because camel-mounted troops, a valuable addition to the British forces in the deserts of Egypt and the Sinai, were not suitable for the conditions being encountered in Palestine.
24 Jul 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 15th Light Horse Regiment, Embarked on HT Dongola from England on 24th July 1919, disembarking Melbourne on 28th August 1919.
9 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 15th Light Horse Regiment

Son of William John and Charlotte McKINSTRY, of Goornong, Victoria.

Brother of

237 Private James Alexander McKINSTRY - 2nd Pioneer Battalion, returned to Australia late 1916 (born 1894)
238 Sergeant Thomas Marshall McKINSTRY - 21st Infantry Battalion, killed in action Belguim 4th October 1917 (born 1896) [Left Australia on the same vessel as his brother James and was killed on the same day as his brother Andrew, who was serving in the same unit]
5152 Private Andrew Hugh McKINSTRY - 21st Infantry Battalion, killed in action Belguim 4th October 1917 (born 1897) [Killed on the same day as his brother Thomas, who was serving in the same unit]