WILCOCK, Arthur
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 2 October 1916, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 23), Belgium |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Honor Roll, Bendigo St. Andrews Presbyterian Church "They Died That We May Live" Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Joseph F. and Susan A. Wilcock; husband of Mrs. C. I. Wilcock, of 73, Graham St., Quarry Hill, Bendigo, Victoria. Native of Bendigo, Victoria.
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
A 32 year old teacher prior to being appointed a Lieutenant in the AIF on 25 September 1916, Lieutenant Arthur Wilcock, 24th Battalion from Bendigo, Victoria embarked for overseas with the 18th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 23 November 1916 aboard HMAT Hororata.
Following further training in England, he arrived in France on 24 April 1917 and joined the 24th Battalion.
While serving with the Battalion in Belgium, he was killed in action on 4 October 1917 just prior to the attack on Broodseinde Ridge (German shell fire) and buried near Zonnebeke.
After the war, his grave could not be located and he is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres, Belgium with others who have no known grave.
Source: AWM
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