Arthur UNSWORTH

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Service Number:	986
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plumber
Died:	Bronchitis and tuberculosis, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 27 September 1942
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 29 September 1942. Ashes interred in Pittosporum, Wall 2AA, Niche 530 and held in perpetuity for al time
Memorials:

10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 986, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 986, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Son of James Unsworth and Matilda Annie Unsworth nee Mesceke of Asling Street, Brighton, Victoria.

3 February 1915 - enlisted at Melbourne with the 21st Battalion and rank of Private.

20 April 1916 - discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic bronchitis and tuberculosis

Commenced return to Australia on 15 August 1915 aboard Themistocles disembarking on 9 September 1915

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal