TREU, Arthur West
| Service Number: | 611 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Lochinvar, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 3 August 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Bus House Cemetery Row G, Grave No. 1. FAREWELL DEAR SON SWEET THOUGHTS OF YOU WE KEEP |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 611, 7th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 19 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 611, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 611, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 26 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner | |
| 14 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
He served under the alias of Arthur William Black.
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Arthur was the son of Frank and Catherine Treu, of Lochinvar, NSW. Arthur served under the name Black, evidently to prevent his father from stopping his enlistment, as he was slightly underage. His mother stated on his Roll of Honour Form, ‘He left home for America at the age of sixteen and worked his way over on a sailing boat, and stayed there and worked as a painter for one year and six months, then worked his way back. He arrived home as war broke out, he enlisted and went soon after during 1914.’
Arthur was killed near Dickebusch in Belgium when a shell landed on a dugout in which five men of his battery were sheltering. Only one man escaped being killed in the blast. The four were buried side by side in the Bus House Cemetery, 4 km south of Ieper town centre. There are only 10 Australians buried in the cemetery, nearly all artillerymen.
Arthur’s older brother died only a few months later, 2880 Sergeant Alexander Treu 2nd Battalion AIF died of wounds 10 November 1917, aged 25.
The brothers were the only two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Treu.