PORTER, Arthur James
| Service Number: | 1893 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Bathurst, NSW, August 1946, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bathurst Boer War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 1893, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son Played Last Post
At Father's Funeral
BATHURST, Sunday.— Before Arthur James Porter (76), a Boer War veteran, died a few days ago he requested that his son, John, should play the Last Post at his funeral with a bugle which John had retained through years of captivity in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. His last wish was fulfilled. Rev. Canon Darcy Collins, officiated, and the president of the Bathurst sub-branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. read the 'soldiers' service at the graveside. " The coffin was draped with an Australian flag, which John Porter had made secretly from scrap material while a prisoner in Japan.The flag was brought out of hiding when Japan surrendered and was probably the first Australian flag to be flown in Japan after the war ended. John Porter had kept the flag and the bugle secretly amid dangers and difficulties, and was able to bring them home.