Arthur Percival HARBECK

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HARBECK, Arthur Percival

Service Number:	566
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Eastern Hill, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Heyfield, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Lakes Entrance, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Died of Wounds, Malta, 22 May 1915
Cemetery:	Pembroke Military Cemetery, Malta Grave I. 2. 5. INSCRIPTION GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lakes Entrance WW1 Memorial, Lakes Entrance and District War Memorial

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 566, 6th Infantry Battalion, Eastern Hill, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 566, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 566, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 566, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 23 and the son of Fanny Miriam Harbeck, of Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia, and the late Peter Harbeck.

KILLED IN ACTION AT THE DARDANELLES, MAY 25, 1915.
Private Harbeck was the forth son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Harbeck, of Lakes Entrance. He joined the First Expeditionary Force and was enrolled in the Sixth Battalion. Before leaving Egypt for the fighting line, he had undergone nine months of strenuous training and was in perfect health. He was a fine type of young man, 23 years of age.

Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

NOTE: The spelling of the Family name was incorrectly transcribed on the Embarkation Roll. The spelling on the Memorial has been corrected to accord with the Family name as presented in the Service Record - HARBECK. VWMA Chief Moderator January 2018.

Two of Pte Harbeck's brothers also served overseas during the First World War. 123 Sergeant Albert Roy Harbeck, 39th Battalion, died of wounds in Ploegsteert, Belgium, on 1 May 1917. A third brother 2nd Lieutenant Reginald Peter Harbeck, having enlisted in 1914, returned to Australia in 1919 in the 2nd Signal Squadron.

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