BEILEITER, Arthur
| Service Number: | 2532 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 January 1916, Place of enlistment - Bombala, New South Wales, Australia and was a member of the "Men from Snowy River Recruitment March" |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bombala, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Bombala, Bombala, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 1 January 1974, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Batemans Bay War Memorial, Bombala Roll of Honour, Bombala War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2532, 47th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Bombala, New South Wales, Australia and was a member of the "Men from Snowy River Recruitment March" | |
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| 24 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from 47th Infantry Battalion to the 55th Infantry Battalion. Noted as "A Company" on 1st September 1916. | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2532, 55th Infantry Battalion, Proceeded to France from Folkestone, England on 31st December 1916 | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2532, 55th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT Aeneas (A60) from Sydney on 30th September 1916, disembarking Plymouth England on 19th November 1916. | |
| 16 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2532, 55th Infantry Battalion, Admitted to hospital sick on 16th July 1917, rejoined unit on 16th November 1917. | |
| 19 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2532, 55th Infantry Battalion, Wounded in action, gassed, evacuated to England on "Jan Breydel" 30th March 1918 and admitted to Brook Hospital Woolwich. Transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital Dartford on 22nd May 1918 and then to the training brigade at Hurdcott, England | |
| 8 Jan 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2532, 55th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on 8th January 1919 for return to Australia on HMAT Orsova (A67), disembarking Sydney on 20th February 1919. | |
| 10 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2532, 55th Infantry Battalion, Private Beileiter received a medical discharge from the AIF. |
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Before the War
Arthur Ernest Beileiter was born in Bombala in 1894, the son of George and Martha Jane BEIleiter. His father owned a propertyin MAybe St, and it was here that Arthur grew up. As a young man, Arthur worked as a labourer before joining the Australian Imperial Force in 1916.
After the war
Arthur served valiantly throughout the war and suffered greatly from the effects of the poisonous gas employed by the Germans to debilitate the enemy. He was discharged from duty and returned to Australia in January, 1919, where he received a medical discharge from the AIF on 10th April 1919.
Arthur married Gladys Maud Lavell in 1921, and they were divorced in 1933. Gladys was born in Bombala in 1902. They had three children, Ernest Arthur (born 21st March 1922 in Bombala and died 2nd MAy 1982 at Ettalong, NSW, aged 60 years), Alex James (Born 1923 and died 15th December 2002 at Shoalhaven Heads, aged 79 years), and Keith who was born in 1925 and doied in 1977 aged 52 years.
Arthur passed away in 1974.