George Alfred ARNOTT

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Service Number:	1212
Enlisted:	9 March 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Fairfield State School, Victoria
Occupation:	Saddler
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

9 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1212, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1212, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1212, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1212 awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-03
Date unknown:	Involvement 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Son of James and Ellen Arnott, Austin Street, Alphington, Victoria

Brother of Lt Lloyd Arnott, 8th Bn, returned to Australia, 1 August 1919.

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal