Arthur TREAGLE

TREAGLE, Arthur

Service Number: 13507
Enlisted: 5 September 1916
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 5th Motor Transport Company
Born: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 28 September 1893
Home Town: Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Motor Mechanic
Died: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 2 July 1976, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Warrill Park Lawn Cemetery, Qld
Memorials: Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War
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World War 1 Service

5 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 13507, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies
22 Dec 1916: Involvement Driver, 13507, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1916: Embarked Driver, 13507, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
14 Jul 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 13507, 5th Motor Transport Company, per HT Wiltshire
29 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 13507, 5th Motor Transport Company

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Arthur was the second of ten children of George Treagle (born 1870 in Ipswich, QLD) and Maria (Lizzie) Elizabeth Pinney (born 1870 in Northamptonshire, England). George was a Confectioner in 1891 when he married Lizzie in Ipswich. They settled there and raised their family until George's death in 1917. Following their father's death, his sons continued the confectionary shop, some of them later moving to Brisbane and Sydney and continuing work as Confectioners.

Arthur was in Rockhampton, QLD working as a Motor Mechanic when he enlisted in the AIF in 1916. He served as a Driver (Service No:13507) with Australian Motor Transport Coys and was Discharged in September 1919. Brother-in-Law William Patrick Harkins (Private, Service No:558) served in WWI and brothers Stephen (Steve) Francis (Private, Service No:Q148338) and Thomas (Tom) Joseph (Private, Q00268) served in the ACMF in WWII.

Returning to Ipswich, QLD, Arthur worked in the family confectionary business, and in 1924 he married Ida Ellen Ward (born 1904 in Ipswich, QLD). He and Ida settled in Ipswich, and in the early 1930s Arthur commenced working as a Motor Driver. Arthur died in 1976 and Ida in 1985.

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