Arthur Eric CHESHIRE

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Service Number:	1079
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Canterbury, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne Continuation High School, Model School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I. Row K. Grave 47. Inscription: BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camberwell War Memorial

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1079, Depot Battalion , Melbourne, Victoria
20 Jul 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Depot Battalion , (Acting)
26 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Depot Battalion
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1079, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1079, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
7 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1079, 29th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Suez, Egypt
16 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1079, 29th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Tunisian"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1079, 29th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1079, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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Originally interred in Eaton Hall Cemetery by Reverend George Cranston, 20 July 1916 but later removed to Rue-Petillon, Fleurbaix near Fromelles.

Forty nine identified Australians who died on 19th July, and 62 who died on 20th July 1916, all at Fromelles, are buried in Rue-Petillon.

He was killed instantly by a shell.

He was 21 and the son of Thomas James and Eliza Cheshire, of 35, Highfield Rd., Canterbury, Victoria, Australia.