James Allan ARNOT

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ARNOT, James Allan

Service Number:	1377
Enlisted:	24 November 1914, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Prestonpans, Scotland, 5 January 1893
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Prestonpans Board School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds (received at Gallipoli), Alexandria, Egypt, 4 July 1915, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row M, Grave No. 32
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph

World War 1 Service

24 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1377, Claremont, Tasmania
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1377, 15th Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1377, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
1 Jan 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 15th Infantry Battalion
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1377, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
10 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1377, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (right wrist and hip)

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Biography contributed by James Candelaria

James Allen Arnot was the son of James and Eleanor Trotter Arnot.

Born in Prestoupans, Scotland in 1892, James later moved to Australia in 1912 at the age of 20, and lived at 12 Batten Street, Launceston, Tasmania. James was a Labourer prior to enlisting.

At the age of 22, Arnott was seriously wounded at Gallipoli and died of his wounds at a latewr date. James was buried in the Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery.

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