STURGESS, Arthur
| Service Numbers: | 137, Q187192 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 October 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1 Garrison Battalion (QLD) |
| Born: | Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Chinchilla, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 2 July 1955, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Chinchilla Old Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Section:Anglican 12, Grave No:12. |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 137, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 137, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 137, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q187192 | |
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| 11 Jun 1940: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q187192, 1 Garrison Battalion (QLD) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Arthur Sturgess was born in 1875 (he changed his date of birth to enlist in WW2 to 28 Nov 1880) in the Horsham District, Victoria, a son to James Sturgess and Fanny Sturgess (nee Parsons).
He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW2. First service was as a Private S.N. 137 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. Q187192 in the 1 Garrison Battalion (Qld), WW2.
He married Lucy Goodwin Tanswell and they lived in the Chinchilla area where they raised their children.
(source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 482; National Archoves Australia WW2 service record).
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