Reuben William ARNOLD

ARNOLD, Reuben William

Service Numbers: 564, S213123
Enlisted: 14 March 1940
Last Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit: 9th Machine Gun Company
Born: Johnburg, South Australia, 11 July 1898
Home Town: Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling: Port Pirie, South Australia
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: 30 November 1975, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Port Pirie Fathers of Sailors and Soldiers Association Port Pirie District Roll of Honor WW1, Port Pirie I.O.O.F. FLT Ceres Lodge No 35 Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

14 Feb 1917: Involvement Private, 564, 9th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
14 Feb 1917: Embarked Private, 564, 9th Machine Gun Company, RMS Osterley, Melbourne

World War 2 Service

14 Mar 1940: Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, S213123
14 Mar 1940: Enlisted Wayville, SA
14 Mar 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, S213123
7 Nov 1945: Discharged

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Biography

Recorder (Port Pirie, SA: 1919 - 1954) Saturday 16 March 1940

Old Pirie Soldier For Instructional Camp

WILL LEAVE PIRIE TODAY

Mr. R. W. Arnold, of Pirie West, who will leave today for a refresher course at the staff instructors' camp, enlisted on Thursday at Keswick, and will be attached to the Second A.I.F. Training Depot.

Mr. Arnold, who was of the First A.I.F., served abroad for four years with the 13th Machine Gun Company. He is well remembered by the older Pirieans who served when compulsory training was in operation prior to and in the early stages of the last war. He was a commissioned officer then of the 81st Infantry.

His return to active military service was a result of an invitation from headquarters, asking the co-operation of fit returned men to assist in training the new A.I.F. Mr. Arnold is a son of Mrs. A. H. Arnold, Laureate street. A brother, Mr. A. E. Arnold, of Alexander street also served in the First A.I.F. and was severely wounded on two occasions. Another brother, Walter, made the supreme sacrifice, being killed at the battle for Nauroy Junction on September 29, 1918.

For the past three years Mr. Arnold has been a railways carpenter in Pirie, and on occasion has assisted the Fire Brigade as an auxiliary fireman.

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