#3101 - Pte. 59th Infantry Battalion AIF
Arthur has two sets of war records and two enlistments.
When he first enlisted, he was 22 years and ten months old when he enlisted in the AIF in Melbourne on 5/6/1916. At the time, he was single and listed his occupation as Labourer. He was 162 cms tall and weighed 62 kgs, had brown eyes and black hair. He wrote his dad's name down as his next of kin, and his dad's address was Bay Street, Brighton. He had also spent five months in the senior cadets too. A letter dated 15/6/1916 from C.O. Camp, Geelong, states he was rejected by the SMO as he was suffering from venereal disease.
Then he enlisted a second time, on 18/10/1916. This time, he was 23 years and three months old. His home address was 6 Agatha Street, Essendon, which is where his mum lived too. He joined the 59th Battalion. These are his movements in the AIF:
16/12/1916 Left Melbourne
18/2/1917 Landed in Plymouth
28/4/1917 Transferred to 67th Battalion at Windmill Hill Camp, Perham Camp
23/5/1917 AWOL from 0900 hours 18/5/1917 to 1300 hours 20/5/1917. Had to forfeit 10 days pay.
16/6/1917 Changed his father's next of kin address to Farm 486, Hamwood via Griffiths, Hay Shire, NSW.
15/7/1917 He made his AIF will and left everything to his mum
19/9/1917 Returned to 59th Battalion, still in England (training)
6/10/1917 Hospital admission Bulford V.D. (Syphilis and Gonorrhoea), total hospitalisation period 43 days
On 11/10/1917 Changed his next of kin to his mother, and her address was 25 Scott Street, Essendon.
23/12/1917 Training Battalion Codford
8/1/1918 Landed in France from Southampton
11/1/1918 Joined unit
13/1/1918 In the field, 59th
18/3/1918 At Signal School
25/3/1918 Re-joined unit
6/6/1918 AWOL in the field 2130 hours to 1000 hours 7/6/1918. Nine days pay forfeited
1/9/1918 Killed in Action
On 10/10/1918, his 'effects received from the field' was in a sealed parcel, and contained '2 discs, 2 wallets, photos, cards.' The package was forwarded to his mum. But she didn't receive them, because on 26/3/1917, someone wrote to the army on behalf of his mum, noting she was looking for his personal belongings. During 1919 (cannot read the date), the package was sent to his mum.
The Army sent a letter to his dad in Griffith, NSW, on 23/5/1919, they note that "I am now in receipt of advice which shows that he was killed in action … and buried on bank facing on right hand side from Villers Carbonnel to Peronne, just after crossing Bristol Bridge … half a mile south of Peronne." Arthur was later exhumed and reinterred on 19/12/1919.
On 28/5/1921, the army writes to his mum who is now living at 'Romani' Clyde Street, Surrey Hills to ask is Arthur's dad lives there too, so they can send his medals to his dad. Someone with Anstee as the surname writes back to the army saying both of Arthur's parents are living together at the Griffiths address previously noted.
His dad received the Memorial scroll on 5/8/1921 and the Victory Medal on 19/6/1923. Arthur was awarded the 1914/15 Star and the British War Medal also. - Contributed by: AVS/Hunting (50556250)
Arthur has two sets of war records and two enlistments.
When he first enlisted, he was 22 years and ten months old when he enlisted in the AIF in Melbourne on 5/6/1916. At the time, he was single and listed his occupation as Labourer. He was 162 cms tall and weighed 62 kgs, had brown eyes and black hair. He wrote his dad's name down as his next of kin, and his dad's address was Bay Street, Brighton. He had also spent five months in the senior cadets too. A letter dated 15/6/1916 from C.O. Camp, Geelong, states he was rejected by the SMO as he was suffering from venereal disease.
Then he enlisted a second time, on 18/10/1916. This time, he was 23 years and three months old. His home address was 6 Agatha Street, Essendon, which is where his mum lived too. He joined the 59th Battalion. These are his movements in the AIF:
16/12/1916 Left Melbourne
18/2/1917 Landed in Plymouth
28/4/1917 Transferred to 67th Battalion at Windmill Hill Camp, Perham Camp
23/5/1917 AWOL from 0900 hours 18/5/1917 to 1300 hours 20/5/1917. Had to forfeit 10 days pay.
16/6/1917 Changed his father's next of kin address to Farm 486, Hamwood via Griffiths, Hay Shire, NSW.
15/7/1917 He made his AIF will and left everything to his mum
19/9/1917 Returned to 59th Battalion, still in England (training)
6/10/1917 Hospital admission Bulford V.D. (Syphilis and Gonorrhoea), total hospitalisation period 43 days
On 11/10/1917 Changed his next of kin to his mother, and her address was 25 Scott Street, Essendon.
23/12/1917 Training Battalion Codford
8/1/1918 Landed in France from Southampton
11/1/1918 Joined unit
13/1/1918 In the field, 59th
18/3/1918 At Signal School
25/3/1918 Re-joined unit
6/6/1918 AWOL in the field 2130 hours to 1000 hours 7/6/1918. Nine days pay forfeited
1/9/1918 Killed in Action
On 10/10/1918, his 'effects received from the field' was in a sealed parcel, and contained '2 discs, 2 wallets, photos, cards.' The package was forwarded to his mum. But she didn't receive them, because on 26/3/1917, someone wrote to the army on behalf of his mum, noting she was looking for his personal belongings. During 1919 (cannot read the date), the package was sent to his mum.
The Army sent a letter to his dad in Griffith, NSW, on 23/5/1919, they note that "I am now in receipt of advice which shows that he was killed in action … and buried on bank facing on right hand side from Villers Carbonnel to Peronne, just after crossing Bristol Bridge … half a mile south of Peronne." Arthur was later exhumed and reinterred on 19/12/1919.
On 28/5/1921, the army writes to his mum who is now living at 'Romani' Clyde Street, Surrey Hills to ask is Arthur's dad lives there too, so they can send his medals to his dad. Someone with Anstee as the surname writes back to the army saying both of Arthur's parents are living together at the Griffiths address previously noted.
His dad received the Memorial scroll on 5/8/1921 and the Victory Medal on 19/6/1923. Arthur was awarded the 1914/15 Star and the British War Medal also. - Contributed by: AVS/Hunting (50556250)
#3101 - Pte. 59th Infantry Battalion AIF
Arthur has two sets of war records and two enlistments.
When he first enlisted, he was 22 years and ten months old when he enlisted in the AIF in Melbourne on 5/6/1916. At the time, he was single and listed his occupation as Labourer. He was 162 cms tall and weighed 62 kgs, had brown eyes and black hair. He wrote his dad's name down as his next of kin, and his dad's address was Bay Street, Brighton. He had also spent five months in the senior cadets too. A letter dated 15/6/1916 from C.O. Camp, Geelong, states he was rejected by the SMO as he was suffering from venereal disease.
Then he enlisted a second time, on 18/10/1916. This time, he was 23 years and three months old. His home address was 6 Agatha Street, Essendon, which is where his mum lived too. He joined the 59th Battalion. These are his movements in the AIF:
16/12/1916 Left Melbourne
18/2/1917 Landed in Plymouth
28/4/1917 Transferred to 67th Battalion at Windmill Hill Camp, Perham Camp
23/5/1917 AWOL from 0900 hours 18/5/1917 to 1300 hours 20/5/1917. Had to forfeit 10 days pay.
16/6/1917 Changed his father's next of kin address to Farm 486, Hamwood via Griffiths, Hay Shire, NSW.
15/7/1917 He made his AIF will and left everything to his mum
19/9/1917 Returned to 59th Battalion, still in England (training)
6/10/1917 Hospital admission Bulford V.D. (Syphilis and Gonorrhoea), total hospitalisation period 43 days
On 11/10/1917 Changed his next of kin to his mother, and her address was 25 Scott Street, Essendon.
23/12/1917 Training Battalion Codford
8/1/1918 Landed in France from Southampton
11/1/1918 Joined unit
13/1/1918 In the field, 59th
18/3/1918 At Signal School
25/3/1918 Re-joined unit
6/6/1918 AWOL in the field 2130 hours to 1000 hours 7/6/1918. Nine days pay forfeited
1/9/1918 Killed in Action
On 10/10/1918, his 'effects received from the field' was in a sealed parcel, and contained '2 discs, 2 wallets, photos, cards.' The package was forwarded to his mum. But she didn't receive them, because on 26/3/1917, someone wrote to the army on behalf of his mum, noting she was looking for his personal belongings. During 1919 (cannot read the date), the package was sent to his mum.
The Army sent a letter to his dad in Griffith, NSW, on 23/5/1919, they note that "I am now in receipt of advice which shows that he was killed in action … and buried on bank facing on right hand side from Villers Carbonnel to Peronne, just after crossing Bristol Bridge … half a mile south of Peronne." Arthur was later exhumed and reinterred on 19/12/1919.
On 28/5/1921, the army writes to his mum who is now living at 'Romani' Clyde Street, Surrey Hills to ask is Arthur's dad lives there too, so they can send his medals to his dad. Someone with Anstee as the surname writes back to the army saying both of Arthur's parents are living together at the Griffiths address previously noted.
His dad received the Memorial scroll on 5/8/1921 and the Victory Medal on 19/6/1923. Arthur was awarded the 1914/15 Star and the British War Medal also. - Contributed by: AVS/Hunting (50556250)
Arthur has two sets of war records and two enlistments.
When he first enlisted, he was 22 years and ten months old when he enlisted in the AIF in Melbourne on 5/6/1916. At the time, he was single and listed his occupation as Labourer. He was 162 cms tall and weighed 62 kgs, had brown eyes and black hair. He wrote his dad's name down as his next of kin, and his dad's address was Bay Street, Brighton. He had also spent five months in the senior cadets too. A letter dated 15/6/1916 from C.O. Camp, Geelong, states he was rejected by the SMO as he was suffering from venereal disease.
Then he enlisted a second time, on 18/10/1916. This time, he was 23 years and three months old. His home address was 6 Agatha Street, Essendon, which is where his mum lived too. He joined the 59th Battalion. These are his movements in the AIF:
16/12/1916 Left Melbourne
18/2/1917 Landed in Plymouth
28/4/1917 Transferred to 67th Battalion at Windmill Hill Camp, Perham Camp
23/5/1917 AWOL from 0900 hours 18/5/1917 to 1300 hours 20/5/1917. Had to forfeit 10 days pay.
16/6/1917 Changed his father's next of kin address to Farm 486, Hamwood via Griffiths, Hay Shire, NSW.
15/7/1917 He made his AIF will and left everything to his mum
19/9/1917 Returned to 59th Battalion, still in England (training)
6/10/1917 Hospital admission Bulford V.D. (Syphilis and Gonorrhoea), total hospitalisation period 43 days
On 11/10/1917 Changed his next of kin to his mother, and her address was 25 Scott Street, Essendon.
23/12/1917 Training Battalion Codford
8/1/1918 Landed in France from Southampton
11/1/1918 Joined unit
13/1/1918 In the field, 59th
18/3/1918 At Signal School
25/3/1918 Re-joined unit
6/6/1918 AWOL in the field 2130 hours to 1000 hours 7/6/1918. Nine days pay forfeited
1/9/1918 Killed in Action
On 10/10/1918, his 'effects received from the field' was in a sealed parcel, and contained '2 discs, 2 wallets, photos, cards.' The package was forwarded to his mum. But she didn't receive them, because on 26/3/1917, someone wrote to the army on behalf of his mum, noting she was looking for his personal belongings. During 1919 (cannot read the date), the package was sent to his mum.
The Army sent a letter to his dad in Griffith, NSW, on 23/5/1919, they note that "I am now in receipt of advice which shows that he was killed in action … and buried on bank facing on right hand side from Villers Carbonnel to Peronne, just after crossing Bristol Bridge … half a mile south of Peronne." Arthur was later exhumed and reinterred on 19/12/1919.
On 28/5/1921, the army writes to his mum who is now living at 'Romani' Clyde Street, Surrey Hills to ask is Arthur's dad lives there too, so they can send his medals to his dad. Someone with Anstee as the surname writes back to the army saying both of Arthur's parents are living together at the Griffiths address previously noted.
His dad received the Memorial scroll on 5/8/1921 and the Victory Medal on 19/6/1923. Arthur was awarded the 1914/15 Star and the British War Medal also. - Contributed by: AVS/Hunting (50556250)
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Private, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Age: 24.
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