Thomas Percy ARNOLD

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Service Number:	1908
Enlisted:	11 January 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Chipping, Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Winchester House School, Redland Rd, Bristol, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 10 May 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

11 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
17 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1908, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1908, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
10 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1908, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1908 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-10

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Arrived in Australia aged 26 years

Brother of Albert Richard Arnold, Chipping, Sodbury, near Bristol, Gloucestershire, England