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BATTYE, Arthur Elwyn Montague
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | New South Wales Citizen Bushmen |
| Born: | Bundaburra, New South Wales, 23 September 1869 |
| Home Town: | Wattamondara, Cowra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Natural causes, Cowra, New South Wales, 12 April 1954, aged 84 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, New South Wales Citizen Bushmen |
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DEATH OF BOER
WAR VETERAN
A veteran of the Boer War, Mr. A. E. M. Battye, died in the Cowra hospital recently at the age of 84 years. The late Mr. Battye joined the army with his father, the late Mr. Arthur Battye, and his brother, the late Mr. Reg. Battye.
He was promoted on the field to the rank of Lieutenant for outstanding service, by the late General Lord Roberts. He was a crack pigeon shot in his youth. The late Mr. Battye was born in Forbes but for he last 50 years has lived at Wattamondara.
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