Charles Oliver ARTHUR

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ARTHUR, Charles Oliver

Service Number:	1515
Enlisted:	27 November 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Clover Hill, South Australia, 24 February 1893
Home Town:	Wasleys, Light, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Greengrocer
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 13 September 1931, aged 38 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (General) Adelaide, South Australia Catholic Old Area; Grid E6, Site # 57
Memorials:	Caltowie Public School WW1 Roll of Honor, Freeling Boer War, Boxer Rebellion and WW1 Memorial Panel, Wasleys and District Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

27 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1515
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1515, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1515, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne

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Biography

Rootsweb ID: I727072 Birth Record: 24/2/1893 in Clover Hill, South Australia.

Son of Thomas David ARTHUR and Margret nee BOND.

On enlisting Charles was 21yrs 9mths old; 5' 10.5" tall; pale complexion; blue eyes; dark hair; Roman Catholic; single; living with his parents

27/11/1914 enlisted at Oaklands, SA, as a Private in 10th Battalion

19/2/1915 embarked from Port of Melbourne onboard HMAT Runic

27/5/1915 admitted to Sweeper Claction, sick

5/7/1915 embarked onboard HMAT Ballarat, ex Suez, Egypt
transferred to Broadmeadows

6/8/1915 disembarked at Port Melbourne

16/8/1915 discharged from Langwarrin Hospital

16/8/1915 -
21/7/1920 illegally absent from service

21/7/1920 discharged from service

13/9/1931      passed away
buried in:        West Terrace Cemetery
                      Section: Catholic Old Area; Grid Ref.: E6; Site Number: 57
                      Grant Expires: 28/06/2031

sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan, April 2016. Lest we forget.

Thank you to Kaye Bottrall, Jamestown, SA for her information.

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