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Arthur Gunn FLEET

Regimental number3098
Place of birthGeelong, Victoria
SchoolSwanston State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFireman
AddressLonsdale Street, South Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs C B Fleet, Lonsdale Street, South Geelong, Victoria
Enlistment date12 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 23 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 95), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
165
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur Gunn and Carrie Bush FLEET, 33 Lonsdale Street, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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