Arthur CAPPS

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Service Number:	144
Enlisted:	10 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Lincoln, England, 14 November 1885
Home Town:	Pinjarra, Murray, Western Australia
Schooling:	Public and Grammar Schools, England
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Row D, Grave 19 Headstone inscription reads: Some day, some time we'll understand Mother , Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Pinjarra War Memorial

10 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 144, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
1 Oct 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Prior to embarking
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 144, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 144, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Arrived in Australia aged 27 years

Son of John William Capps and Ann Capps of Vine Cottage, Pinjarra, WA. Brother of Mabel Annie Readhead nee Capps of 13 Churchill Avenue, Mandurah, WA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served with the Royal Horse Artillery in both England and India

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