ARNOT, James Allan
Service Number: | 1377 |
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Enlisted: | 24 November 1914, Claremont, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Prestonpans, Scotland, 5 January 1893 |
Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Prestonpans Board School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Died of wounds (received at Gallipoli), Alexandria, Egypt, 4 July 1915, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Row M, Grave No. 32 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
24 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1377, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1377, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1377, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
1 Jan 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1377, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
10 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1377, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (right wrist and hip) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by James Candelaria
James Allen Arnot was the son of James and Eleanor Trotter Arnot.
Born in Prestoupans, Scotland in 1892, James later moved to Australia in 1912 at the age of 20, and lived at 12 Batten Street, Launceston, Tasmania. James was a Labourer prior to enlisting.
At the age of 22, Arnott was seriously wounded at Gallipoli and died of his wounds at a latewr date. James was buried in the Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery.