CHENOWETH, Arthur Henry
Service Number: | 2832 |
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Enlisted: | 14 June 1915, Enlisted at Keswick SA |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Wasleys, South Australia, Australia, 6 January 1894 |
Home Town: | Willaston, Light, South Australia |
Schooling: | Wasleys School, Wasleys, South Australia |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Died of wounds, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 13 August 1916, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France Plot 1, Row F, Grave 75, Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Freeling Boer War, Boxer Rebellion and WW1 Memorial Panel, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Mallala Reeves Plains State School Old Scholars Honour Roll, Wasleys and District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
14 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2832, Enlisted at Keswick SA | |
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21 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2832, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
21 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2832, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide | |
26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, Transferred fro the 10th Battalion | |
1 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion, Promoted at Tel-el-Kebir | |
13 Aug 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2832, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2832 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-13 | |
13 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2832, 50th Infantry Battalion, Fractured neck and skull |
Arthur Henry Chenoweth
Birth
Wasleys SA
Jan 3 1894
Death
Cause: Died of wounds.
WWI France - Battle at Mouquet Farm between 13 and 15 August.
Aug 13 1916
Burial
Puchevillers British Cemetery, Departement de la Somme - Picardie, France
Final rank: Lance Corporal
Service number:2832 - First World War, 1914-1918
Unit: 50th Australian Infantry Battalion
Memorials
In foyer of the Gawler Council, Murray Street, Gawler, South Australia
South Australian war Memorial, Nth Terrace, Adelaide, - Lower Ground.
Railway Terrace, Mallala, South Australia, Australia
World War 1 Service
21 Sep 1915: Private, 10th Infantry Battalion
21 Sep 1915: Embarked HMAT Star of England, Adelaide
13 Aug 1916: Lance Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion
Submitted 15 March 2015 by shaul arnold
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles and Elizabeth Ann (nee Nottle) Chenoweth of Gawler; brother of Grace Benetta Chenoweth, Elizabeth Ann Chenoweth, Charles Edwin Chenoweth, Jane Chenoweth, Richard Lewis Chenoweth, Godfrey Chenoweth, Sidney Wilfred Chenoweth, Alwin George Chenoweth and Dorothy Gwendoline Pearl Chenoweth
15 June 1920 - Base Reocrds wrote a letter to his mother stating that she was registered as Arthur's next of kin a dn asking if there was any nearer blood relative i.e. his father and if he was alive
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal