UNDY, Arthur George
| Service Number: | 5638 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Tunnelling Companies |
| Born: | Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 15 October 1887 |
| Home Town: | Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Portland, Victoria, Australia, 14 June 1942, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Church of England area, FA, COE, 0, 3492. Interred on 17 June 1942 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Sapper, 5638, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| Date unknown: | Embarked Sapper, 5638, Tunnelling Companies |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Undy and Mary Virginia Undy nee Delacour of Windsor, Victoria. Brother of Walter Henry Charles Undy who was killed in action on 12 October 1917 and has no known grave. His name appears on Panel 27, Menin Gate, Ypres
Husband of Ellen Undy nee Spiker of Berkly Street, Carlton, Victoria. Arthur and Ellen married during 1913c in Victoria.
17 March 1916 - enlisted at Melbourne with the Tunnelling Companies with the rank of Sapper.
19 April 1917 - transferred to the 2nd Tunnelling Company in France.
12 March 1918 - wounded. Gassed. Embarked for England aboard HS Cambrai on 29 March 1918
Commenced return to Australia on 18 January 1919 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 10 March 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
17 April 1919 - discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due effort syndrome