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POWELL, Arthur
| Service Number: | 3863 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Robe, South Australia, Australia, March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Marryatville, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | 14 August 1943, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3863, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 21 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 3863, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 3863, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide |
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Arthur Powell (1895 - 1943)
Arthur Powell was born in Robe, South Australia in 1895.
He grew up in Robe and later lived in Marryatville before at the age of 21 he enlisted to fight in WW1. He served for Australia as a part of the 32nd Battalion from 1916 until he later returned in 1919.
During the war he suffered from dental issues and was, for a time, detached to the Light Trench Mortar Battery. On the night of 25/26th September 1917 he absented himself from his battery and turned up a couple of weeks later. He was found guilty of desertion and sentenced to five year penal servitude but, as was the custom, the sentence was suspended and he returned to active duty.
He returned to Australia in 1919. It is unknown where he lived the rest of his life, but we do know that he later died on the 14th of August 1943.