Arthur WHITEHEAD

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Service Number:	3356
Enlisted:	20 March 1916, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Nhill, Victoria, September 1897
Home Town:	Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm hand
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 28 August 1918
Cemetery:	Assevillers New British Cemetery Assevillers New British Cemetery, Assevillers, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

20 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3356, Mount Gambier, South Australia
27 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3356, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Malakuta embarkation_ship_number: A57 public_note: ''
27 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3356, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Malakuta, Adelaide
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3356, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, GSW (right leg, left shoulder)
28 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3356, 32nd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days"

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Father Alfred Whitehead

Enlisted at 18 years of age, single, lived at Mount Gambier with parents, Methodist.

20/3/1916 enlisted Private with 7th Reinforcements, 32nd Infantry

27/6/1916 embarked from Outer Harbour, onboard HMAT Malakuta (A57)

He served on the Western Front

28/8/1918 killed in action (20 years old)

Buried in: Assevillers New British Cemetery, Assevillers, Picardie, France

Arthurs name is commemorated on Panel 121 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.

Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 17/11/2016. Lest we forget.