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HARVEY, Arnold Bernays
| Service Number: | 1616 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 March 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant (CQMS) |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Brigade Headquarters |
| Born: | East Adelaide, South Australia , November 1888 |
| Home Town: | Woodville, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | 27 July 1974, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Rowing Club WW1 Pictorial Honour Board, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, Woodville Saint Margaret's Anglican Church Lych Gate |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1616, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1616, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1616, 13th Infantry Brigade Headquarters | |
| 17 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1616, 13th Infantry Brigade Headquarters | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant (CQMS), 1616, 13th Infantry Brigade Headquarters | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, 1616 | |
| 18 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
General Birdwood presented his Meritorious Service Medal on 6 March 1920, while visiting.
Biography contributed by Woodville High School
Arnold Bernays Harvey was born in East Adelaide, Adelaide South Australia, in November 1888 and passed away on the 27th of July, 1974. He was a son to Thomas Harvey and Alice Mary Harvey, and brother to Ronald MacPherson Harvey and Elizabeth Lacell Moffitt. Before joining the army, he was married to Robina Harvey, and had 1 child, who is unknown. We don't know where he went to school, however, he went on to be an accountant after his schooling years. He grew up in Woodville, Charles Sturt area.
Service papers/Location of Service
Arnold enlisted on the 4th of March, 1917 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia at 28 years and 5 months old. He was 5 feet and 8 and a half inches tall, had light brown hair and blue eyes. He joined the 50th Infantry Battalion, which was based in Mouquet Farm, France, as a Private on the 11 of April, 1916. However, before this, the 50th Infantry Battalion was trained in Egypt. He was then moved to the 13th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, which was also based in the Western Front in France.
Experiences of War
Arnold was transferred between units many times during his service in the army. He started off in the 50th Infantry Battalion as a Private on the 11 of April, 1916, which fought in France. However he was moved to the 13th Infantry Brigade Headquarters as a Private still on 4th August 1917. And then 13 days later on the 17th of August, he was still in 13th Infantry Brigade Headquarters but he was a Corporal (an non-commissioned officer). And then finally, on the 31 of October, 1917, he was moved for the final time to the rank of Staff Sergeant, still in the 13th Infantry Brigade Headquarters. During all this however, he was also wounded twice in action and made a full recovery and came back to serve both times.
Life after the war
Very little is known about Arnold after the war. He returned home to Adelaide, South Australia after being wounded twice in battle. He was then discharged from the army on the 18 of August, 1919. Arnold was awarded 3 medals for his services; the British War Medal, the Victory Medal, and the Meritorious Service Medal from General Birdwood on the 6th of March, 1920. He then moved to Melbourne, where he passed away on the 27th of July 1974 at age 87 in Heidelberg, Victoria. There is no information of where he was buried or cremated.
Bibliography
vwma.org.au. (n.d.). Arnold Bernays HARVEY MSM. [online] Available at: https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/185101 [Accessed 14 Nov. 2023].
National Archives of Australia. (1914). HARVEY Arnold Bernays : Service Number - 1616 : Place of Birth - East Adelaide SA : Place of Enlistment - Adelaide SA : Next of Kin - (Wife) HARVEY Robina. [online] Available at: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4735568 [Accessed 16 Nov. 2023].
Mouquet Farm (no date) Australian War Memorial. Available at: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/PL885 [Accessed: 30 Nov. 2023].
Awm.gov.au. (2016). | The Australian War Memorial. [online] Available at: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U51453.
Arnold Bernays Harvey (2020) WikiTree. Available at: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Harvey-11891 [Accessed: 14 Nov. 2023].
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