Arthur OVERSON

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Service Number:	197
Enlisted:	18 February 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Berkshire, England, 1896
Home Town:	Milton, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 30 October 1955, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZAC-8-14-6
Memorials:

18 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 197, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 197, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 197, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
5 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, From 25th Battalion
19 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 197, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Gassed. Embarked for England on 23 September 1917 aboard HS Pierre de Conick
1 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, From 2nd Pioneer Battalion
15 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, In France
8 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 197, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Crack William Overson and Hannah Overson nee Martin of Berkshire, England

Commenced return to Australia on 18 July 1919 aboard HT Takada disembarking on 7 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 14 August 1920 Athur married Dorothy Rose Stewart in QLD