SEARLE, Arthur James
| Service Number: | 56 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 8 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Car or Couch builder |
| Died: | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 2 July 1974, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Randwick General Cemetery, New South Wales Section-A Plot-149 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 56, 1st Field Ambulance | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 56, 1st Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 56, 1st Field Ambulance, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 5 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 56, 1st Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Proceeded to Gallipoli | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 56, 1st Field Ambulance, Returned to Australia 28th January 1916 from Hospital Enteric fever (typhoid) medically Discharge |
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Arthur James SEARLE - Private 56
Joined Australian Army AIF 24 August 1914 age 24
1st Field Ambulance, A Squadron and embarked from Sydney NSW 20 October 1914 on board A14 HMAT Euripides, spent time in Egypt and on Gallipoli Peninsular Arthur was evacuated to hospital (Lemnos) suffering from Pneumonia, to hospital (Lemnos, Mudros) Dysentery and from May 1915 to December 1915 NAA records show he was in hospitals a lot and contracted Enteric fever (Typhoid) Arthur was sent back to Australia December 1915 from Mudros to hospital Malta back on a ship and hospital Heliopolis, Cairo finally embarked to Australia 28 January 1916 landed in Melbourne Australia 19 March 1916 and was Discharged medically unfit 20 October 1916
Arthur had five brothers and two sisters, two of his brothers served in
1st & 5th Field ambulance and one in the 9th battalion
Albert - served in Egypt - 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital
Henry – served in Egypt – France – Belgium - 9th Infantry Battalion A.I.F.
Frederick - 5th Field Ambulance,
killed in action Ypres, Belgium 29 October 1917 age 33
His cousin Private 3896 Clifford James Searle M.M. was awarded the Military Medal
For conspicuous: bravery in the field, he was also in 5th field ambulance
Served in - Egypt and Gallipoli - Western Front
Arthur’s son
Kenneth Hallam Searle – Staff Sergent NX128520
Served in the Australian Military Force-Army WWII
Contribution From – James Atkins (Jimbo19)
Arthur was my uncle
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