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BUFTON, Arthur Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 370 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 July 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Inverleigh, Golden Plains, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Inverleigh State School No. 1147, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Memorials: | Cape Clear Pitfield Plains State School Roll of Honor, Inverleigh & District Residents Roll of Honor, Inverleigh Independent Order of Rechabites Pictorial Honour Roll, Inverleigh Parish of Inverleigh Honor Roll, Inverleigh State School Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 370, 15th Machine Gun Company, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 370, 15th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 370, 15th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 15 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Machine Gun Company , England | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 370, 21st Machine Gun Company , German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Lagnicourt | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 370, 21st Machine Gun Company , Menin Road | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 370, 21st Machine Gun Company , Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 1 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , France | |
| 15 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 370, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , German Spring Offensive 1918, Hazebrouck | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 370, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , The Battle of Amiens | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 370, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , "The Last Hundred Days", Hindenburg Outpost Line | |
| 17 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 370, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , RTA 25 March 1919 and discharged (TPE). |
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