Arthur Percival ATTWOOD

ATTWOOD, Arthur Percival

Service Number: 3002
Enlisted: 29 April 1918, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company
Born: Liverpool, New South Wales, 1893
Home Town: Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Locomotive Fireman (later Driver)
Died: Natural causes, Liverpool, New South Wales , 1 May 1973
Cemetery: Liverpool Cemetery and Crematorium, Sydney, NSW
Anglican Section B, Row 3, Grave 70
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World War 1 Service

29 Apr 1918: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3002, Sydney, New South Wales
17 Jul 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3002, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3002, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Borda, Sydney
1 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3002, 3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company

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Biography

Enlisted as Arthur Percy Attwood

3rd Light Railway Operating Company

Rank - Private

5 November 1918 Proceeded to Australian General Base at Le Havre

16 November 1918 Marched out with the 3 Light Railway Operating Company

21 December 1918 To hospital

15 January 1919 Transferred to an English hospital in Bul;ford, Wilshire and was hospitalised for 70 days

In February 1919 Posted to 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, Dorset

3 March 1919 Admitted to hospital

1 April 1919 Returned to Australia on board HMAT Shropshire as an invalid

Husband of Maree Attwood (nee Gray)

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