Arthur TANNEY

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Service Number:	919
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cowpen, Northumberland, England, 1889
Home Town:	Weston, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 22 August 1918
Cemetery:	Bray Military Cemetery Grave II. I. 12. Personal Inscription: COME TO ME ALL YOU THAT LABOUR AND ARE BURDENED AND I WILL REFRESH YOU. R.I.P.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kurri Kurri War Memorial

1 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 919, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 919, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney

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He was 31 and the son of Patrick and Elizabeth Tanney, of 95, New Row, New Delaval, Newsham, Northumberland, England.

Births Mar 1889 Tanney Arthur Tynemouth 10b 265.

35th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

He is honoured on the Blyth First World War Memorial which covers the towns of Blyth, including New Delaval, Newsham, Bebside and Cowpen.