Arthur Arding VAN HOMRIGH

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VAN HOMRIGH, Arthur Arding

Service Number:	58170
Enlisted:	8 May 1918, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 February 1898
Home Town:	Greenslopes, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 June 1987, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Balmoral Cemetery, Qld Row 7, Grave 287
Memorials:	Coorparoo Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

8 May 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 58170, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
4 Sep 1918:	Involvement Private, 58170, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1918:	Embarked Private, 58170, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, HMAT Bakara, Sydney
14 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion, From reinforcements.
21 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 58170, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Henry George Van Homrigh and Harriet Sophia Barry Van Homrigh nee Hollingworth of Cornwall Street, Greenslopes, QLD. Brother of Edwin William Hollingworth Van Homrigh who returned to Australia on 31 July 1918 having served with the 5th Motor Transport Company

Commenced return to Australia on 12 April 1919 aboard HT Suffolk disembarking on 5 June 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medal: British War Medal

On 17 November 1924 Arthur married Jessie Melrose Galbraith in QLD. Jessie died in QLD during 1930

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