YATES, Arthur William
| Service Number: | 290 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Dana Street State School, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Pozieres, France, 9 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France Plot 111, Row A, Grave 2 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 290, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 290, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 290, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-08-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Studied Accounting
1 May 1915 - Promoted to Corporal
18 May 1916 - Promoted to Sergeant
2 August 1916 - Promtoed to 2 Lieutenant
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Arthur Yates served at Gallipoli from the end of August 1915 until the evacuation. He was promoted to Sergeant during February 1916 in Egypt and was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant only a few days before he was mortally wounded at Pozieres Ridge on the 5 August 1916. A bombing officer, he suffered a shrapnel wound to his chest and passed away in the 44th Casualty Clearing Station a few days later. His older brother 781 Cpl. Harold Stanley Yates, also of the 21st Battalion AIF had been killed in action at the same place only a few days before on 31 July, 1916. Two other brothers from the Ballarat family also served.