R.+J.+ARNOLD

Arnold, Rupert John, Gunner, 15724, 1st Brigade, Australian Field Artillery Born Tamworth, Staffordshire Enlisted Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 11th October 1915 Died of shell wounds to the head 29th July 1917 aged 24 Son of Ralph and Emma Arnold, of Milton, Derby, England. Buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery, III, A, 5

Information from National Archives Australia digitised service records: He was employed as a labourer and he stated his next of kin as his father, Ralph Arnold, of Milton, Derbyshire, late of Shackerstone, Warwickshire. Six feet and half an inch tall, he weighed 11 stone 8, had a dark complexion, brown eyes and brown hair, and was a Roman Catholic. Personal effects returned to his father after his death included letters, photos, two discs, an electric torch, a pipe, two wallets and a pocket book.

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


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