WOODHAMS, Arthur
| Service Number: | 890 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, 3 yrs 11th Hussars |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Peters, New South Wales, Australia, 8 April 1883 |
| Home Town: | Waratah, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Barber or Barman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 February 1917, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery Plot IV, Row G, Grave No. 30 |
| Memorials: | Waratah Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 890, 1st Infantry Battalion, 3 yrs 11th Hussars | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 890, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 890, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 890, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 890, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
An Original Anzac awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
106 years ago today, on the 9th February 1917, Private Arthur Woodhams, 1st Battalion (Reg No-890), barber or barman from Waroonga Road, Waratah, New South Wales, was Killed in Action, age 33. Place and cause of death not stated.
Born at St Peters, New South Wales on the 8th April 1883 to William (died - 2.12.1925, age 76, of Cintra Road, Waratah, N.S.W.) and Isabella (Isobella) Woodhams nee Colyer (died 16.4.1931, age 81, of Turton Road, Waratah, N.S.W. and Christo Road, Waratah, N.S.W.), Arthur enlisted on the 18th August 1914 at Randwick, N.S.W. (as WOODHAM).
Admitted to hospital 14.9.1915 (hernia and diarrhoea), 7.2.1916 (nervous debility, stated not shell shock, pyorrhoea).
Returned to Melbourne, Australia on the 19th June 1916, invalided with a debility and pyorrhoea (loss of all teeth).
Returned to duty on the 6th September 1916 and re-embarked 7th October 1916, arriving in England on the 21st November 1916.
Arthur is resting at Warlencourt British Cemetery, France. Plot IV Row G Grave 30.
Mr. Woodhams’s name has been inscribed on the Waratah Park Memorial Gates, Waratah-St Philip's Anglican Church Roll of Honour and the Waratah & Mayfield Roll of Honour.
Place of Association – Waratah, New South Wales, Australia.
There is no memorial inscription on the gravesite plaque for the Woodhams family to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, so August 2022 I erected a Memorial cross adorned with poppies in remembrance of Arthur’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 2-116. 21.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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