Arthur (Arthur Wilfred) TANSLEY

TANSLEY, Arthur (Arthur Wilfred)

    Service Number: 221
    Enlisted: 14 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Edgbarston, Birmingham, England, 1881
    Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
    Schooling: Dean's Close College, Cheltenham, England
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Bullet Wound To The Head, At sea on board HS Itonus, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 April 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel51, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 221, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
    24 Oct 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Prior to embarking
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Corporal, 221, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Corporal, 221, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Arrived in Australia aged 32 years

    Next of given as his sister Florence E. Tansley of 107 Bull End, Birmingham, England. Son of William and Annie Tansley. Mother was residing at Masterton Road, Woodville, Wellington, NZ at the time but later returned to England

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also served in the Worcestershire Yeomanry, England

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