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Arthur CAPPS

Regimental number144
Place of birthLincoln, England
SchoolPublic and Grammar Schools, England
Age on arrival in Australia27
ReligionMethodist
OccupationOrchardist
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Capps, Pinjarrah, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in Royal Horse Artillery, England and India.
Enlistment date10 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name16th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 2 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death2 May 1915
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialQuinn's Post Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 199), Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
78
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Ann, Pinjarra, Western Australia. Native of Lincoln, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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