FLANAGAN, Arthur Roy Harold
| Service Number: | 423 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 18 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ypres Reservoir Cemetery Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Mudgee District Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 423, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 423, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne |
Death
Source; National Advocate (Bathurst, NSW) Tuesday 18 December 1917. Quarter-Master Sergeant Harold ('Masher') Upfold, writing to a friend in Bathurst referred at length to the ''death of Andy Flanagan, who was killed by a bomb dropped from a German 'Gotha' aeroplane, in the trenches in Belgium. Death, accord ing to the Quarter-Master Sergeant, was instantaneous, whilst at the same time several others were wounded. He also pays a tribute to the deceased, opining that a finer soldier or more popular soldier never lived. On behalf of his comrades he extended their sympathy to the departed soldier's wife and family and assures them that a wooden cross is being erected above the soldiers grave, the exact where-abouts of which will be communicated as soon as possible.
Submitted 11 November 2018 by Bruce Bailey
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