RUPERT+ARNOLD

CWGC and National Archives of Australia: Arnold, Rupert John, Gunner, 15724, 3rd Battery, 1st Brigade, Australian Field Artillery Wounded in action 28th July 1917, gunshot wound to the head perforating cranium Died of wounds 29th July 1917 at the 46th Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium Aged 24 Son of Ralph and Emma Arnold, of Milton, Derby, England. Native of Seckington, Warwickshire, England. Buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium. Grave reference: III A 5. Enlisted 11th October 1915, 16th Reinforcement, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade at Queensland Age 22 years, 8 months Trade – Labourer Next of kin Father, Ralph Arnold, of Shackerstone, Atherstone, England. Changed to Milton, Derbyshire, England on 15th October 1917. Height 6 feet, ½ inch Weight 11 stone 8 pounds Dark complexion, brown eyes, brown hair Roman Catholic
 * Rupert Arnold**

1911 Census A bank clerk Son of Ralph, a farmer, and Emma Arnold, of Seckington, Tamworth, Staffordshire