Arthur BANCE

BANCE, Arthur

    Service Number: 3147
    Enlisted: 12 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Newbury, Berkshire, England, 1874
    Home Town: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
    Schooling: Newbury Grammar School, Berkshire, England
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Shrapnel wounds to buttock and left thigh, Abbeville, France, 13 August 1918
    Cemetery: Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension
    Plot IV. Row C. Grave 22.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3147, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
    6 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 3147, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
    6 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 3147, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of William and Linda Mary Bance. 

    Canon Pike has received word from the Base Records Office in Melbourne that Private Arthur Bance, younger brother of Mr. John Bance, builder, of Trail-street, Wagga, died of wounds at the front on August 13. The deceased soldier, who was attached to the 13th Battalion, was a single man, 45 years of age. He enlisted at Manly ahout 3 years ago and  received the wound, which eventually caused his death, on August 8.

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