The Soul of your country glows with pride,
At the deeds you did, the death you died
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ABERG Albert Edward 1017
Rank: Private
Unit: 27th Battalion
Born: 12th July 1876, St. Vincent St., Port Adelaide, Sth Aust.
Son of Edward Aberg & Sarah Jane nee Malone
Next of Kin: Wife - Mrs C. Aberg, Wilson St., Prospect, Sth Aust.
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Carpenter
Enlisted: 9th December 1914, Oaklands, Sth Aust
Address at Date of Enlistment: Wilson St., Prospect, Sth Aust.
Embarked for Overseas 31st May 1915, from Adelaide per HMAT "Geelong"
Served in Egypt
Returned to Australia 25th May 1916 per HMAT "Armadale"
Discharged: 17th July 1916
AHERN William 3004
Rank: Private
Unit: 2nd Pioneers late 27th Battalion
Born: Williamstown, Victoria
Next of Kin: Friend - Mrs Mary Hoobin, Murat Bay, West Coast, Sth Aust
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer
Enlisted: 9th August 1915, Adelaide, Sth Aust
Address at Date of Enlistment: Murat Bay, Sth Aust
Embarked for Overseas 12th January 1916 from Adelaide per HMAT "Medic"
Served in Egypt, France
Service Abroad: 3 years 116 days
Returned to Australia 7th May 1919 per HT "Karoa"
Discharged: 21st June 1919
ALLAN David S5263
Rank: Private
Unit: "A" Company Base Infantry
Born: 7th October 1874, Streaky Bay, Sth Aust.
Son of David & Susanna Allan
Next of Kin: Brother - Mr George Alexander Allan, Streaky Bay, Sth Aust,
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer
Enlisted: 22nd May 1916, Adelaide, Sth Aust.
Address at Date of Enlistment: Streaky Bay, Sth Aust.
Discharged: 6th February 1917 - Medically Unfit
Photo: Courtesy Dawn Benson
ALLEN Charles Percy 1702 / S11785
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Rank: Private Unit: 12th Battalion Born: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England Next of Kin: Mother - S. Allen, 26 Prospect Road, Tunbridge Wells, England Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer Enlisted: 16th December 1914, Oaklands, Sth Aust Embarked for Overseas 1st April 1915 from Adelaide per "Port Lincoln" Returned to Australia 27th June 1916 per "Port Sydney" from Egypt suffering shell shock Discharged: 28th August 1916 Re-enlisted 15th May 1917 at Adelaide as Charles Percy Allen Discharged: 6th July 1917, Mitcham A.I.F. Camp, medically unfit Residence: 30th April 1919, Murat Bay, Sth Aust Died 2nd December 1952 Resting: West Terrace, Adelaide - Kendrew Oval, Row 13, No. 48 |
ALLEN Francis 1624
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Rank: Private
Unit: 48th Battalion Born: 17th January 1891,Goodwood, Sth Aust Son of John Allen & Martha nee Morris Next of Kin: Wife - Mrs Winifred Elizabeth Allen, Charles St., Paddington, Sth Aust. Occupation prior to Enlistment: Hairdresser Enlisted: 20th March 1916,Adelaide, Sth Aust. Address at Date of Enlistment: Renmark, Sth Aust Embarked for Overseas 11th April 1916 from Adelaide per HMAT "Aeneas" Served in France Returned to Australia 19th July 1919 per HT "Beltana" Discharged: 28th September 1919 Died: 10th October 1973 Resting: Streaky Bay, Sth Aust. |
ALLEN John S13499
Rank: Private
Unit: "B" Company, Mitcham, Sth Aust
Born: 16th November 1892, Fowlers Bay, Sth Aust
Next of Kin: Father - Michael Joseph Allen, Fowlers Bay, Sth Aust.
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Fireman
Enlisted: 31st January 1918, Port Lincoln, Sth Aust.
Discharged: 9th February 1918 - medically unfit
Served A.I.F. Depot 24th October 1916 to 6th December 1916
AMOS Edward Friedlander 1878
Rank: Private
Unit: 43rd Battalion late 50th Battalion
Born: Dundee, Scotland
Next of Kin: Sister - Miss Winifred Mill Amos, Nurses Home, London Hospital, Whitechapel, London E., England
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Farmer
Enlisted: 3rd April 1916, Adelaide, Sth Aust
Address at Date of Enlistment: West Coast, Sth Aust
Embarked for Overseas: 13th July 1916 from Adelaide per HMAT "Seang Bee"
Served in France
Service Abroad: 1 year 58 days
Returned to Australia: 24th October 1917 per HT "Benalla"
Discharged: 8th November 1917
AMOS Frederick Andrew 1879
Rank: Private
Unit: 43rd Battalion late 50th Battalion
Born: Dundee, Scotland
Next of Kin: Sister - Miss Winifred Mill Amos, Nurses Home, London Hospital, Whitechapel, London E., England.
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Farmer
Enlisted: 3rd April 1916, Adelaide, Sth Aust
Address at Date of Enlistment: Port Haslam, West Coast, Sth Aust
Embarked for Overseas: 13th July 1916 from Adelaide per HMAT "Seang Bee"
Served in France
Service Abroad: 1 year 315 days
Returned to Australia 22nd May 1918 per "Field Marshall"
Discharged: 12th August 1918
Died: 6th August 1951, Victoria
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.) 8th August 1951
AMOS - On August 6, at his residence, Rothesay, White Horse road, Croydon, Frederick Andrew Amos, late 1st A.I.F.
ANDERSON John Lawrie 2988
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Rank: Private
Unit: 9th Light Horse Born: 22nd November 1892, Owen, Sth Aust. Son of William Anderson & Agness nee Lawrie Next of Kin: Father - Mr William Anderson, Petina, Sth Aust. Occupation prior to Enlistment: Farmer Enlisted: 1st June 1916, Adelaide, Sth Aust. Address at Date of Enlistment: Petina, Sth Aust. Embarked for Overseas 4th November 1916 from Adelaide per HMAT "Bakara" Served In: Egypt, France Returned to Australia 10th November 1919 Discharged: 26th December 1919 Died: 22nd March 1973 Resting: Streaky Bay, Sth Aust. |
ANDERSON John Scott 29913
Rank: Driver
Unit: 5th Field Artillery Brigade late
Born: 27th June 1893, Courtabie Station, Sth Aust.
Son of Peter Anderson & Elizabeth nee Mason
Next of Kin: Father - Peter Anderson, Streaky Bay, Sth Aust.
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Farmer
Enlisted: 26th April 1916, Adelaide, Sth Aust.
Address at Date of Enlistment: Talia, West Coast, Sth Aust.
Embarked for Overseas 3rd October 1916 from Melbourne, Victoria per HMAT "Aeneas"
Served in France
Service Abroad: 3 years 233 days
Returned to Australia 20th October 1919 per Ht "Kanowna"
Discharged: 14th December 1919
ARMSTRONG George 3452
Rank: 2nd Air Mechanic
Unit: 2nd Squadron Australian Flying Corps
Born: Newcastle on Tyne, England
Next of Kin: Wife - Mrs Agnes Armstrong, Lestrange Street, Knoxville, Sth Aust.
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Carpenter
Enlisted: 14th July 1917, Murat Bay, Sth Aust.
Address at Date of Enlistment: Knoxville, Sth Aust.
Embarked for Overseas 4th October 1918 from Melbourne, Victoria per HMAT "Zealandic"
Returned to Australia 30th August 1919 per "HT "Ulysses"
Discharged: 16th September 1919
ARNOLD Thomas Francis 4610 - M.C, D.C.M., M.M.
Rank: Lieutenant
Unit: 48th Battalion previously 10th Battalion
Born: 5th May 1897, Watraba, Sth Aust - Attestation states Murat Bay, Sth Aust
Son of William Berry Arnold & Alice Lydia nee Paine
Next of Kin: Father- Mr William B Arnold, Murat Bay, Sth Aust
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer
Enlisted: 7th September 1915, Adelaide, Sth Aust.
Address at Date of Enlistment: Murat Bay, Sth Aust.
Embarked for Overseas 7th February 1916 from Adelaide per HMAT "Miltiades"
Returned to Australia 15th May 1919
Appointment Terminated 24th August 1919
Died: 14th November 1960, Yeppoon, Queensland
Photo: Courtesy Lorraine Sweet
Awarded Military Medal
Promulgated in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. 189 dated 8th November 1917
At Bullecourt on 10-11/4/17 for good work and devotion to duty. This man went forward on the night of the 10th April, advanced through enemy wire and returned with valuable information. When the attack took place on the 11th instant he acted as a guide to the advancing troops. He lived practically all day between the enemy trench and railway line, going through enemy barrage time and again to carry messages and bring information this was done in full view of the enemy snipers and machine guns at Bellecourt.
Awarded The Distinguished Conduct Medal
Promulgated in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. 219 dated 20th December 1917
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He went out with a bombing patrol and captured two enemy strong points containing two guns. Later in the day he went forward with a patrol and made a successful reconnaissance, during which he captured one of the enemy and gained useful information.
Awarded the Military Cross
Promulgated in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. 15 dated 4th February 1919
For most conspicuous Gallantry and devotion to duty near Villers Bretonneux & Ammiens on May 3rd 1917. When the attack started, and the left company was hung up by wire Lt. Arnold went forward through a murderous M.G. fire found the position of the right company and communicated it personally to the left Company. Then he returned with full dispositions to Battalion H.Q. only to return again to the line with fresh orders. All this time he was exposed to a most intense M.G. fire and it seemed impossible for anyone to live under it. Yet Lt. Arnold moved up and down the line throughout with utter contempt for personal safety, and the information he obtained was most valuable. Later in daylight he again went forward to all Companies with orders and helped a great deal in the successful withdrawal. His work during the attack was absolutely magnificent and a model of devotion to duty at a most critical time under
very dangerous conditions.
Mentioned in Despatches
Promulgated in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. 61 dated 23rd May 1919
Arnold, Thomas Francis (1897–1960)
by Michael R. Downey
Thomas Francis Arnold (1897-1960), soldier and farmer, was born on 5 May 1897 at Watraba, South Australia, son of William Berry Arnold, sheep-farmer, and his wife Alice Lydia, née Paine. He spent his childhood on St Francis Island, Nuyts Archipelago, which his father had leased for grazing, and was educated privately before attending Norwood State School, Adelaide. When he was 16 his mother died and he returned home and worked on the island until the outbreak of World War I.Arnold enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 7 September 1915; he embarked for France next February with reinforcements for the 10th Battalion and joined his unit at Pozières late in July. On 31 October 1916 he was transferred to the 48th Battalion and went into the front line, first at Flers and later at Gueudecourt. He soon showed aptitude for scout work and, during a patrol action before the first battle of Bullecourt, narrowly escaped death when he broke through the enemy wire and surprised a German sentry-post. At Bullecourt on 11 April 1917 he excelled in patrolling and was awarded the Military Medal. Promoted lance corporal, then corporal in May, he won his second award, the Distinguished Conduct Medal, for 'conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty' at Messines on 11 June. This time he went out with a bombing patrol and captured two enemy strong points containing field guns; on the same day he took a prisoner and gained useful information. Arnold was promoted lieutenant in October and after fighting at Passchendaele took part in the defence of Amiens. For bravery near Albert early in April 1918 he won the Military Cross: despite heavy machine-gun fire he maintained communication between the companies of the 48th Battalion and contact with its headquarters. He later served as an intelligence officer during the attack on Monument Wood and remained with his unit in the Villers-Bretonneux sector until July. He went into the line for the last time at Flechin in September and was mentioned in dispatches.
Arnold returned to South Australia in May 1919 and resumed sheep-farming in partnership with his father. On 17 June 1922, at the Congregational Stow Memorial Church, Adelaide, he married Edith May Daniel, a second cousin whom he had met in England during the war. They lived on St Francis Island until 1927 and, when the water suddenly dried up, sold their stock and moved to the Monto district, Queensland. There Arnold selected and cleared 650 acres (263 ha) of brigalow and softwood scrub and within four years had established a successful dairy farm; he later bought a beef-cattle property in the same area and remained there until 1959. Survived by his wife, a son and a daughter, he died of progressive muscular atrophy on 14 November 1960 at Yeppoon, and was cremated at Rockhampton.
A tall, well-built man with a pleasant disposition, Arnold was a popular and prominent figure in the Monto community. He belonged to various ex-servicemen's clubs, was a foundation member of the Monto Masonic Lodge, and during World War II commanded and trained the local home guard detachment; he also served as an intelligence officer for part of the war. While at Monto he gained something of a reputation as a water-diviner; another of his hobbies was deep-sea fishing.
ARNOT David Wood 472
Rank: Trooper
Unit: 9th Light Horse late 11th Light Horse
Born: Streaky Bay, Sth Aust
Next of Kin: Father - David Arnot, c/- Mrs A. Weir, 6 Haiger St, Bloemfontien, Sth Africa
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Farm Labourer
Enlisted: 10th December 1914, Oaklands, Sth Aust.
Address at Date of Enlistment: c/- Miss Smith, Bettunga, Victoria Street, Forrestville, Sth Aust.
Embarked for Overseas 2nd June 1915 from Brisbane, Queensland per HMAT "Medic"
Served in Gallipoli, Egypt
Service Abroad: 1 year 19 days
Returned to Australia 20th June 1916 per "Themistocles"
Discharged: 4th September 1916 - Medically unfit
Died: 23rd November 1963
Resting: Centennial Park - West, Rose Bed W6, Position 017
Photo: State Records South Australia ref: GRG26/5/4 - 131
The Advertiser 25th November 1963
ARNOT - On November 23rd, at his residence, 4 Chelmsford avenue, Millswood Estate, David Wood Arnot, late 11th Light Horse, 1st A.I.F. the dearly beloved husband of Jessie and loved father of Mary and Betty, father-in-law of David and Alex, and dear papa of Josephine, Jane, Leith and Nell. Much loved.
ATCHISON Waldron George 5102
Rank: Private
Unit: 32nd Battalion
Born: 1st December 1879, Port Lincoln, Sth Aust
Son of Waldron William Atchison & Caroline nee Senior
Next of Kin: Father - Mr William Atchison, 81 Currie St., Adelaide
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Boundary Rider
Enlisted: 17th April 1916, Adelaide, Sth Aust
Address at Date of Enlistment: Adelaide, Sth Aust.
Embarked for Overseas 27th June 1916 from Melbourne, Victoria per HMAT "Barambah"
Served in France
Service Abroad: 1 year 318 days
Returned to Australia 10th May 1918
Discharged: 27th May 1918
Died: 6-2-1937, Streaky Bay
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