BATE, Arthur Edward
Service Number: | 954 |
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Enlisted: | 8 March 1915 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, March 1897 |
Home Town: | Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Prahan West State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Plumber |
Died: | Pneumonia & Pleurisy, Sidney Hall Hospital, Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, 22 January 1916 |
Cemetery: |
Bristol (Greenbank) Cemetery, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Row BAA, Grave 1868, Bristol (Greenbank) Cemetery, Bristol, England, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
8 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 954, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
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10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 954, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 954, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Richard and Martha Annie Jane BATE
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 22nd January.... Private Arthur Edward Bate was born at Brunswick, Victoria in 1897. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 8th March, 1915 as an 18 year old, single, Plumber from Windsor, Melbourne, Victoria.
Private Arthur Edward Bate embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Euripides (A14) on 10th May, 1915 with the 6th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Battalion “B” Company.
Private Bate was admitted to 13th Casualty Clearing Station at Anzac on 13th September, 1915 with Tonsillitis. He was transferred to Mudros then Malta & invalided to England on Hospital Ship D’Italie on 29th October, 1915 with Rheumatism.
Private Bate was admitted to 3rd London Hospital, Wandsworth, London, England on 10th November, 1915 with Rheumatism & discharged on 23rd November, 1915. According to the Hospital Admissions form the Rheumatism was caused by “Active Service (Dardanelles). Nature – Rheumatism affecting left thigh, knee, leg & ankle….. Referred to Kanferry Rd.”
Private Arthur Edward Bate died on 22nd January, 1916 at Sydney Hall Hospital, Weymouth, Dorset, England from Pneumonia & Pleurisy.
Private Arthur Edward Bate was buried in Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
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