Arthur James WEARNE MM

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Service Number:	14320
Enlisted:	28 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Field Ambulance
Born:	Buninyong, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
Memorials:	South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

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28 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 14320, Enlisted at Melbourne
3 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 14320, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
3 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 14320, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne
27 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, 14320, 6th Field Ambulance, Wounded in action in France with gunshot wound to the right arm. Evacuated to Guildford War Hospital, England .
1 Mar 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, 6th Field Ambulance, Discharged in Melbourne, medically unfit due to wounds.
7 Mar 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, Military Medal 'This man was on continuous duty in POLYGON WOOD near YPRES from night of 25th/26th September, 1917 to afternoon 27th September, 1917. He twice had men in his squad killed beside him and although wounded about midday and since evacuated, refused to go off duty and carried on until six wounded men had been carried back to a place of safety.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31 Date: 7 March 1918

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