UPTON, Arthur Ingerthrift
| Service Number: | 3135 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 14 March 1961, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian X 15 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3135, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3135, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3135, 5th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Arthur Upton and Alice P. Upton nee Crook of Hornby Street, Windsor, Victoria.
10 July 1915 - enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria, with the 5th Battalion and with the rank of Private
17 February 1916 - transferred to the 57th Battalion
19 July 1916 - wounded in action. Shell shock
15 March 1916 - transferred to the 60th Battalion
Commenced return to Australia on 22 February 1917 aboard HS Karoola disembarking on 10 April 1917
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
2 June 1917 - discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to shell shock
Husband of Vivian Stella Upton nee Jefferies. Arthur and Vivian married during 1923c in Victoria