Arthur Edward HARVEY

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HARVEY, Arthur Edward

Service Number:	118
Enlisted:	12 May 1915, Bundaberg, Queensland
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	26 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Bundaberg, Queensland, 1892
Home Town:	Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 29 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg War Memorial

World War 1 Service

12 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 118, Bundaberg, Queensland
24 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 118, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
24 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 118, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane
12 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 26 Infantry Battalion AMF, ANZAC / Gallipoli
29 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 118, 26 Infantry Battalion AMF, Battle for Pozières

A Letter from a Father About His Sons

Arthur's father Henry Melrose Harvey wrote to the Army, searching for news of his sons.

" 16 Sept 1916

Dear Sir

I have or had three sons at the front.

Lt A.T. Harvey, 14th Battalion who was wounded and lately reported convalescent.

Driver G.K. Harvey 4th Light Horse now 14th Field Ambulance.

Corp A.E. Harvey, 26th Battalion advised yesterday as missing on 29th July.

I presume the latter report has only just reached you and I would like to know the probable duration before further information is available if he chanced to be a prisoner or re-joined his unit.

I would be glad of any information you may be able to give or advice as to the best methods of proceeding in making enquiries.

Yours sincerely,

H.M. Harvey"

Army wrote back to say no further way to find information and that they would forward any information as it came to hand.

Biography

"...118 Corporal Arthur Edward Harvey, 26th Battalion. A draper from Bundaberg, Qld prior to enlistment, Harvey embarked as a Private with A Company from Brisbane on HMAT Ascanius on 24 April 1915. After serving at Gallipoli he was promoted to Temporary Corporal and, whilst serving in France was reported as missing in action. A later Court of Enquiry determined that he had been killed in action on 29 July 1916 and he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. His two brothers, Lieutenant (Lt) Archibald Thomas Harvey, 14th Battalion and 1697 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) George Kelynack Harvey, 14th Field Ambulance also served in the AIF. Lt Harvey returned to Australia on 13 February 1917 and L Cpl Harvey returned to Australia on11 December 1918." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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