Arthur James SEAMAN

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SEAMAN, Arthur James

Service Number:	740
Enlisted:	4 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, 15 May 1877
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Manager at the Concrete Works at West Adelaide.
Died:	Illness (Dysentery), At sea (off of ship HMAT Themistocles), At sea (HMAT Themistocles A32), 27 August 1915, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at Sea, Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials:	Adelaide Holy Trinity Church WW1 Honour Board 1, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt

World War 1 Service

4 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia
17 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 740, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
17 Sep 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 740, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography

Born 15 May 1876 Adelaide, South Australia
(SA Birth record 1842 - 1906 Book: 166 Page: 340 District: Ade.)

Father Colonel Sergeant Elisha SEAMAN (b. ___ - d. 14/10/1915 62 yeras old); and
Mother Sarah Hannah (nee HARTLEY, b. ____ - d. 3/6/1920 66 years old).

The eldest sibling and brother of 9 children.

Siblings:
Sister Beatrice Jane Seaman (b. 13/1/1978 Adelaide SA - d. ____)
(SA Birth record 1842 - 1906 Book: 195 Page: 137 District: Ade.)

Brother Cecil Frank Seaman (b. 17/10/1881 Adelaide SA - d. ____)
(SA Birth record 1842 - 1906 Book: 270 Page: 195 District: Ade.)

Sister Mabel Seaman (b. 1/6/1883 Adelaide SA - d. ____)
(SA Birth record 1842 - 1906 Book: 305 Page: 302 District: Ade.)

Brother Clarence Seaman (b. 8/5/1885 Adelaide SA - d. ____)
(SA Birth record 1842 - 1906 Book: 348 Page: 305 District: Ade.)

Sister Alice Maud Seaman (b. 13/4/1886 Adelaide SA - d. ____)
(SA Birth record 1842 - 1906 Book: 371 Page: 398 District: Ade.)

Sister Edith Seaman (b. 3/1/1889 Adelaide SA - d. ____)
(SA Birth record 1842 - 1906 Book: 431 Page: 85 District: Ade.)

Brother Private Walter Batley Seaman (b. 19/1/1891 Adelaide SA - 19/5/1915 Gallipoli)
(SA Birth record 1842 - 1906 Book: 473 Page: 32 District: Ade.)

Brother Frederick Albert Seaman (b. 20/4/1893 Adelaide SA - d. _____)
(SA Birth record 1842 - 1906 Book: 520 Page: 219 District: Ade.)

Wife: Ada Adelaide, living in Hindley Street, Adelaide, South Australia
12/7/1922 remarried Mrs Ada Shelton, living at Mersey St, Black Forest, SA

Next of kin in service:
Brother     101 Private Walter Batley Seaman - 10th Battalion
                Killed in action at the Dardanelles, GALLIPOLI - 19/5/1915.
                Buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.
                His name is commemorated on his parents grave at
                West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, SA.

Brother 1811 Private Frederick Albert Seaman - 10th Battalion
Returned to Australia 31 August 1915

Previous service:
5 years in 10th AIR

Prior to enlisting he was well knonw in the building trade.
He was the Manager at the Concrete Works at West Adelaide.

Described on enlisting as 38 years 4 months old; married; 5' 8 3/4" tall; 147 lbs;
dark hair; grey eyes; dark brown hair; Church of England.

4/9/1914 Enlisted at Morphettville, South Australia
completed medical - fit for service

17/9/1914 Embarked from Port of Melbourne, on board HMAT Geelong A2
as a Sergeant in F Company, 12th Infantry Battalion

1/1/1915 seniority ceased, Mena Camp

March 1915 Mena Egypt - growth removed from jaw 18 months ago,
he was sent to Dardanelles with wound still discharging,
sent back to hospital after 2 months

17/6/1915 to hospital, Gallipoli

19/6/1915 admitted sick with teeth issues, to hospital sick ship HMAT A36 Devanha

24/6/1915 admitted to No.1 Australian General Hospital, Cairo

10/8/1915 admitted to No.3 Auxillary hospital in Helioplos
14/8/1915 discharged from hospital

15/8/1915 Sinus of jaw - returning to Australia on board HMAT A32 Thermistocles,
ex Suez, Egypt

27/8/1915 Died of illness (dysentry) on board HMAT Themistocles
buried: At Sea

His name is commemorated on the Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Turkey.

His name is commemorated with his parents and younger brother at West Terrace Cemetery,
Adelaide, South Australia.

Medals:
1914-15 Star (11876); British War medal (240); Victory medal (240);
Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll (59735).

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 23/2/2015. Lest we forget.

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