Arthur Henry VOGAN

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Service Number:	2264
Enlisted:	5 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Schooling:	Chatswood Public School and Windsor Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Chemist
Died:	Wounds, South Midland Casualty Clearing Station, France, 4 February 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot IV, Row H, Grave 34. Rev. C.F. Newell officiated Headstone inscription reads: Our perfect son who gave his pure young life for us and you
Memorials:	Newcastle (Gardner Memorial) War Memorial, Sulphide Corporation Pty. Ltd. Cockle Creek Works Honour Board

5 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2264, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
30 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2264, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2264, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
16 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, From the 17th Battalion
2 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 55th Infantry Battalion, Shell wounds to the back and arms
4 Feb 1917:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-02-04

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Son of Harold Sebastian Vogan and Alice Vogan of Hazelhurst, Murdoch Street, Cremorne, NSW.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal