MOUNTER, Arthur William Thomas
| Service Number: | 18505 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 7th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Minmi, New South Wales, Australia, 25 February 1884 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Boys High School, East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | clerk (Lands Department, Sydney, N.S.W) |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 18 June 1917, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 4 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Hamilton War Memorial, Maitland High School Roll of Honour, Moree & District Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 18505, 7th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 11 May 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 18505, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1916: | Embarked Sergeant, 18505, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 18 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 18505, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Battle of Messines, KIA by high explosive shrapnel splinter, to the right of Ploegsteert Wood, south of Messines Ridge |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
About 3:15 PM on the 18th June 1917, Sergeant Arthur William Thomas Mounter, referred to as Sandy, 7th Australian Field Artillery Brigade (Reg No-18505), clerk (Lands Department, Sydney, N.S.W), from "Pendennis", 39 Winship Street, Hamilton, New South Wales, was Killed in Action by a high explosive shrapnel splinter, to the right of Ploegsteert Wood, south of Messines Ridge, age 33.
Born at Minmi, New South Wales on the 25th February 1884 to Mark (died 15.4.1938, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 81) of 203 Denison Street, Hamilton, N.S.W. and Rebecca Mounter (died 1.7.1941, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 79) of 203 Denison Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., Sandy enlisted on the 28th October 1915 at Holsworthy, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on the 11th May 1916.
Sandy is resting at the Strand Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot I Row C Grave 4.
Laid to rest on the 19th June 1917.
Many thanks to Eddy Lin for the headstone photo.
Place of Association - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Mounter’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, East Maitland High School Roll of Honour, NSW Lands Department WW1 Roll of Honour, Moree War Memorial Hall - Boer War and World War One Honour Rolls, Moree & District Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial, Baulkham Hills - World War 1 Memorial - William Thompson Masonic Schools War Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at the memorialised gravesite of the Mounter family in remembrance of the service and supreme sacrifice of Sandy for God, King & Country. BAPTIST G SE. 20.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
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