ARNOLD, Francis Benjamin
| Service Numbers: | 3520, 3519 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warragul, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 25 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery Grave X. A. 3., Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warragul Great European War Roll of Honor, Warragul War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3520, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3520, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3520, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 25 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3519, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3519 awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Francis was educated at Seaview State School and was a member of the Seaview Rifle Club, near Warragul. His brother Lance Corporal 2332 William Leslie Arnold, 9th Battalion AIF died of wounds on 16 August 1916, only a week before the death of his brother. Their mother was very ill at the time, and the news broke her spirit, she died 4 months later during December 1916.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
11th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion, Australian Infantry, AIF - Service No. 3519
Son of Francis Benjamin and Margaret Arnold of Sea View, Warragul, Victoria. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 3 August 1915 and embarked for active service abroad on 11 October 1915 per HMAT "Nestor" (A71). He was wounded in action on 20 August 1916, receiving multiple gun shot wounds, and died at the 1st Canadian General Hospital, 5 days later, aged 20 years.
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