Arthur Munro EMMETT

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Service Number:	3079
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hamilton, Victoria, 9 September 1882
Home Town:	Castlemaine, Mount Alexander, Victoria
Schooling:	Hamilton Public School
Occupation:	Hotel keeper
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 26 July 1916, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Campbells Creek Primary School War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3079, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3079, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
26 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3079, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3079 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-26

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Arthur Munro EMMETT was born on 9th September, 1882 in Hamilton, Victoria

His parents were Frank De La Ware EMMETT and Catherine Philomena CANNON

He married in Victoria in 1905 to Evangeline FRANKLIN and had 6 children

1. Clement William

2, Geoffrey Raymond

3. Iris Constance

4. May Annie

5. Arthur John Franklin

6. Violet (twin to Arthur)

Two of Arthus sons served in the RAAF in WW2

1. Arthur John Franklin EMMETT (SN A3877) discharged in 1955

2. Geoffrey Raymond EMMETT (SN 401932) died on 12th July, 1943

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Arthurs brother Alfred Roy EMMETT (SN 873) was also Killed in Action in WW1 on 29th April, 1917