CRESSWELL, Arthur Herbert
| Service Numbers: | 551, N481513 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1916, Warwick, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, United Kingdom, 12 June 1899 |
| Home Town: | Browns Plains, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Natural causes, place of death not yet discovered, date not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 551, Warwick, Queensland | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 551, 7th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 551, 7th Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 551, 7th Machine Gun Company, Broodseinde Ridge, GSW (thigh and right leg) | |
| 16 Mar 1919: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch | |
| 18 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 551, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Jan 1945: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, N481513 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
'Arthur Herbert Cresswell was just over 18 years old and a farm hand when he enlisted in the in August 1916. His mother, Mrs Cecilia Cresswell, lived at Browns Plains, via Kingston, on the South Coast Line. Cresswell embarked from Melbourne in December 1916 and marched into the Australian Depot at Belton Park after disembarking at Plymouth, England. He spent some time in an isolation hospital before undertaking training in Folkestone. Cresswell was stationed in Rouen in September 1917, but was wounded in action in October and transported to England for treatment for leg wounds. Private Cresswell returned to duty in France and was assigned to the 2nd Machine Gun Battalion AIF. He remained in France and was mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's despatch in March 1919. For this, he was awarded two oak leaf badges in 1920.' LINK (www.brisbane.qld.gov.au)
'ANZAC DAY IN NEW GUINEA.
Mr. A. H. Cresswell, who served in the Great War after enlisting from Queensland, and who now is president of the Returned Soldiers' League in New Guinea, writing to friends in Brisbane, intimated that the Administrator had agreed to the returned men's suggestion to proclaim a public holiday on Anzac Day.' from The Telegraph 10 Apr 1935 (nla.gov.au)
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