Arthur Hector O'HALLORAN

O'HALLORAN, Arthur Hector

Service Number: 600
Enlisted: 20 August 1914, Footscray, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
Born: Williamstown, Victoria, August 1894
Home Town: Williamstown, Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Footscray, Victoria
19 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 600, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

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19 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 600, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
8 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 600, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography

"O'HALLORAN.- Killed in action at the Dardanelles, Private Arthur Heotor, dearly loved youngest son of Mr and Mrs J. O'Halloran; also loved brother of Ethel, George, John, Tom, Maggie, Bell and Lizzie, of 82 Cole street, Williamstown - aged 21 years.

Loved by all.

He went to fight for rich and poor,

For King and Country too;

He gave his blood and life for all

A soldier brave and-true. -Inserted by his loving parents, sisters and brothers.

O'HALLORAN.- Killed in action at the Dardanelles, Private Arthur Hector O'Halloran - aged 21 years - of Cole street, Williamstown.

He gave his life, his all, for King and Country. -Inserted by his Cousns J. & E. Conroy.

O'HALLORAN.- Killed in action at the Dardanelles, Private Arthur O'Halloran, loved nephew of Mr and Mrs B. Gibbs and cousin, Mrs Jones, Mrs McTaggart, Mrs Taylor, Robert and Harry Gibbs.

For duty and his country's call

He went, both true and brave,

Upon the battlefield to fall,

And fill a soldier's grave.

On Gallipoli's Hill are buried our dead,

Australia's heroes brave,

Arise ye sons of Austral land,

stretch forth a comrade's helping hand,

To win the Dardanelles. -Inserted by Mr and Mrs B. Gibbs and family." - from the Williamstown Advertiser 03 Jul 1915 (nla.gov.au)

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