ARTHUR+ALLSOP

Allsopp, Arthur, Lance Corporal, 2569, 12th Battalion, Australian Infantry Died 2nd November 1917 Aged 35 Son of Sarah Allsopp, of Butterley Hill, Ripley, Derby, England, and the late Joseph Allsopp Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Circular: Town chiefly connected: Glenelg, South Australia Born Ripley, Derbyshire, England Killed in action near Zonnebeke, Belgium Employed as a boilermaker and had served an apprenticeship with the Butterley Company Attended Ripley Church of England School Arrived in Australia at the age of 31 Had been wounded twice

Additional information from Service record held at the National Archives of Australia: Enlisted Adelaide, South Australia, 24th May 1915 Employed as a boilermaker, and had formerly been an apprentice for 8 years at the Butterley Company in Ripley, Derbyshire <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Next of kin, his mother, Sarah Allsopp, of Butterley Hill, Ripley, Derbyshire <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">5 foot 7½ in height <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">150lbs in weight <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Dark complexion <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Brown eyes <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Brown hair <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Religion Church of England <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">One vaccination mark on his right arm

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Taken on strength of the 12th Battalion at Mudros, 27th November 1915 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Admitted to hospital on Mudros with tonsilitis, 17th December 1915 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Rejoined unit 24th December 1915 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Embarked for France from Alexandria, 29th March 1916 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Disembarked at Marseilles, 8th April 1916 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Received gun shot wounds to the face, 23rd July 1916 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Admitted to hospital at Rouen, 24th July 1916 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Transferred to convalescent depot, 25th July 1916 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Admitted to hospital with piles, 3rd August 1916 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Evacuated to England, 10th August 1916 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Admitted to the Base Hospital, Oxford, 11th August 1916 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Transferred to the Red Cross Hospital, Thame, Oxfordshire, 3rd October 1916 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Admitted to the 1st Auxiliary Hospital with piles, 16th November 1916 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Transferred to convalescent depot, Wareham, after treatment for piles, 20th November 1916 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Proceeded overseas from Folkestone, 3rd February 1917 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Rejoined unit in France, 10th March 1917 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Appointed Lance Corporal, 10th May 1917 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Promoted Temporary Corporal, 8th July 1917 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Transferred to 3rd Brigade NCO's school, 3rd August 1917 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Received an accidental gun shot wound to the left hip and reverted to Lance Corporal at evacuation, 5th September 1917 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Transferred to No. 1 Convalescent Depot, 30th September 1917 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Reported sick, 30th September 1917 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Returned to duty, 1st October 1917 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Rejoined unit 14th October 1917 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Transferred to Gas School, 17th October 1917 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Rejoined unit 20th October 1917 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Reported missing, then officially confirmed as killed in action 2nd November 1917