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ARNOLD, William Arden Egerton
Personal Details
Service Number: | 946 |
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Enlisted: | 14 December 1914 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance |
Born: | Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
Home Town: | Panmure, Moyne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Trinity Grammar School, Kew, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Died of Wounds, At Sea onboard H S 'Nevasa', Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 17 September 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Panmure Volunteers of Panmure who served in the Great War, Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
14 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 946, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
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2 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 946, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, From Melbourne on board HMAT A46 Clan McGillivray | |
22 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 946, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
15 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 946, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to abdomen. Evacuated to HMHS Nevasa, where he died of his wounds on 17 September 1915 en-route to Lemnos. | |
17 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 946, 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
William was only 17 years 10 months old when he died of wounds.