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Dugald James McARTHUR

Regimental number1019
Place of birthGippsland, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
AddressLongroyd Street, Mt Lawley, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 4.25"
Weight117 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Martha Eliza Whyte, 243 Dugan Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 2.5 years in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date15 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll9 July 1915
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialRue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row L, Grave No. 56), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
120
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Archibald and Martha WHYTE, 232 Dugan Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, ex-HMAT 'Geelong', 18 December 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; admitted to No 8 Field Ambulance, onboard 'Transylvania', 20 June 1916 (scalds); discharged, 21 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Killed in action, 19 July 1916.

Buried at Eaton Hall Cemetery by Reverend F.G. Ward, 20 July 1916

Statement, Red Cross File No 1880403, 584 Pte H.J. MOONEY, 32nd Bn (patient, 1st Auststralian Auxiliary hospital, Harefield, England), 22 February 1917: 'Killed on 19th July at Fleurbaix[;] he was buried in a small cemetery at Eaton Hall near a sap called Sella (sic) Farm. I was there where (sic) he was buried[.] I knew him by hid disc.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, McARTHUR Dugald James
Red Cross file 1880403

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