DOWD, Arthur Ernest
| Service Numbers: | 59, 85696 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Special Services AIF |
| Born: | Maryvale, New South Wales, Australia, 3 April 1877 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Newcastle, , 30 November 1940, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-61. 79. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 59, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 59, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 59, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 11 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 59, 54th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, MU due to GSW | |
| 14 May 1919: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 85696, Special Services AIF, Previously of 35th Inf Bn | |
| 7 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 85696, Special Services AIF, 2nd Md |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, died tragically, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
83 years ago today, on the Saturday afternoon of the 30th November 1940, Private Arthur Ernest Dowd, Special Service Unit (Reg Nos- 59 & 85696), labourer from Broadmeadow Camp, Newcastle, New South Wales and Richardson Park, Hamilton North, N.S.W. (1936) and 175 King Street, Newcastle, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 62. CATHOLIC 2-61. 79.
Not married.
Born at Maryvale, New South Wales on the 3rd April 1877? to John and Catherine Dowd nee Crane, Arthur enlisted on the 30th December 1915 with the 35th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Transferred to 54th Battalion 17.10.1916.
Admitted to hospital 27.1.1917 (GSW left foot, accidental?).
Reenlisted-14.5.1919, Holsworthy, N.S.W.
Arthur had returned home on the 3rd January 1918 and the 24th October 1919, being discharged on the 7th November 1919.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, returning home, etc.
I have not located Mr. Dowd’s name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
The tragic circumstances of Arthur’s death were reported - see links - death after tram accident victim.
I have placed poppies at David’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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