HALLIDAY, Arthur James
| Service Number: | 2382 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cycle & Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Died as a result of fracture to base of Skull received in a motor cycle accident, Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England, 26 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire INSCRIPTION - A NOBLE LIFE CALLED TO A HIGHER SERVICE |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2382, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2382, 23rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 36 and the son of Charles and Catherine Halliday; husband of Marion Miller Halliday, of 612, Dawson St., Brunswick West, Victoria.
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date - 26th September.....Arthur James Halliday was born at South Melbourne, Victoria around 1876.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 12th July, 1915 as a 34 year old, married (with 2 children) Cycle & Motor Mechanic from North Brunswick, Victoria.
Private Halliday, Service number 2382, embarked from Melbourne on RMS Osterley on 29th September, 1915 with the 6th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Battalion, 5th Reinforcements, A.I.F. & disembarked at Egypt.
He proceeded from Alexandria, Egypt with British Expeditionary Forces to France on 19th March, 1916 & disembarked at Marseilles.
Private Halliday was wounded in action in France on 23rd August, 1916. He was invalided to England on Hospital Ship Stad Antwerpen on 30th August, 1916 & admitted to 1/4th Northern General Hospital, Lincoln, England with a gunshot wound left hand – slight.
He recovered & was posted to No. 1 Command Depot on 5th October, 1916 then proceeded on furlough until 23rd October, 1916 then was marched in to 6th Training Battalion at Rollestone, Wiltshire on 23rd October, 1916.
Private Halliday was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital at 3 p.m. on 26th September, 1917, in an unconscious state suffering from injuries from a motor cycle accident.
He died at 6.50 p.m. on 26th September, 1917 at Fargo Military Hospital as a result of a fracture to base of skull.
A Court of Inquiry was held. The injuries received were fracture of skull, laceration of left lung, with fracture of some ribs. The Court found that Private Halliday met his death by falling from a motor cycle, that he was on duty at the time he sustained injuries & that the accident was not due to negligence on the part of Private Halliday & that Private Halliday was not travelling at an excessive rate of speed.
Private Arthur James Halliday was buried in Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire where 140 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/h---j.html
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