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SIZER, Arthur Albert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3610 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 7 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Baulkamaugh, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Flora Hill, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Numurkah State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Flers, France, 28 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Numurkah Baulkamaugh Roll of Honour, Numurkah Town Hall Shire of Numurkah Roll of Honor, Numurkah and District War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3610, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3610, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3610, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 15 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3610, 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 28 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3610, 57th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 | |
| 28 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3610, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3610 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Pte 3610 Arthur Sizer was killed when hit by German shell fire in the front line at Flers on 28 November 1916.
Commemorated in Bendigo Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: William and Fanny SIZER
Brother: 3609 Pte Alfred Joseph SIZER, 57th Bn, killed in action, 12 December 1916.
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