denton, arthur oliver
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Service Number 531. Killed in Action 5th May 1917. Bullecourt, France.TRANSCRIPT
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Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Denton, Arthur Oliver Service Number 531
Killed in Action 5th May 1917 Bullecourt, France
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Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children
using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context
provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF.
This resource is presented by
Gosford City Council for research purposes only.
Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.
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NAME Denton, Arthur Oliver
SERVICE NO 531
UNIT 2nd Pioneer Battalion
RANK Corporal
AGE at Enlistment 19 yrs 2 mths
PLACE OF BIRTH Wyong, NSW
ADDRESS
OCCUPATION Carpenter. Served apprenticeship 5 yrs with A Taylor of Hamilton, NSW
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 2 Feb 1915
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Liverpool, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE 2 yrs Snr Cadets/ 2 yrs Citizens Forces still serving
NEXT OF KIN Father;- Geo Denton, Sixth St. Adamstown, NSW Mother;- E Denton
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’5”. Weight-140lbs. Chest-30-34 Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Brown.
RELIGION Methodist
EMBARKED 25 Jun 1915 Sydney per A40 “Ceramic”.
DISEMBARKED
NOTES
WOUNDED/ILLNESS 23 Jun to 9 Aug 1916 Sick VD-
DIED 5 May 1917 Killed instantly shell fire Bullecourt
BURIED In situ
MEDALS 1914-15 Star-16165, British War Medal-15763, Victory Medal-15700. Memo-rial Plaque & Scroll-324369.
DEPENDANTS
PERSONAL EFFECTS Tobacco Pouch, 4 Badges, 2 Testaments, 2 Buttons, Letter, Cards.
WILL
CORRESPONDENCE
REMARKS Served Gallipoli, France
RED CROSS REPORT Well liked chap.
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Gosford Times 16th August 1917
KILLED IN ACTION
A Jilliby Lad
Mr. and Mrs. George Denton, of Sixth Street, Adamstown, received a message that their youngest son, Corporal Arthur Denton was killed in action on May 5th . corporal Denton was 21 years of age, and left Syd-ney two years ago for the front. Prior to enlisting, he was serving his time with Mr. Taylor, of Hamilton, builder and contractor. Mr. and Mrs. Denton have two other sons at the front. Their second son, Private John Denton, enlisted at the outbreak of the war with the King’s Own Scottish Rifles in England. He has been three times wounded, on the last occasion, in July last, and in a recent letter received from him he was in a convalescent camp in Ireland, and was about to be sent back to his depot in England. The eldest son, Corporal Wilfred Denton, was the seventh man in New South Wales to enlist in the Expeditionary Forces, and the first man from Adamstown to join the colors. He left with the 1st Battalion, but was invalided back from Egypt. On his recovery he was accepted, and left with the ---Battalion. The brothers are all rifle-men. Their father, Mr. George Denton, is in the railway service. Deceased soldier lad and his brother Jack were born at Jilliby. Another brother George Denton, is at present night officer at Ourimbah .
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