WHITEHEAD, Arthur Henry
| Service Number: | 1076 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 May 1915, Alderley, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 21 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Photographer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 26 November 1976, aged 84 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Ipswich Central Congregational Church Honour Board, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War |
World War 1 Service
| 31 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1076, 25th Infantry Battalion, Alderley, Queensland | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1076, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1076, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
Arthur Henry Whitehead was the son of F.A. Whitehead who was a well-known photographer in the Ipswich area and operator of Whitehead Studios. Arthur Whitehead was also a photographer. He served during the First World War in the 25th Battalion after enlisting in May 1915. He was captured by the German forces in July 1916 in Pozieres, France after he was wounded in the field. Arthur Whitehead was kept as a Prisoner of War at the Gottingen Camp in Germany until August 1918 when the war concluded.
He married Dorothy Muriel Saxty at Bath, Somerset in June 1919. The couple returned to Australia via the United States, disembarking at Brisbane on 13 August 1919. They were to have three children. Dorothy served as an Aircraftwoman (93995) with the RAAF during 1942.
Arthur Henry Whitehead died at Ipswich in 1976 - his wife Dorothy in 1985 at Brisbane.
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