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Graham, Arthur Joseph (7497)

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Place of Birth: South Melbourne, VIC

Age: 41 years 10 months

Enlistment Details: Friday, 6 July 1917 – Port Melbourne, VIC

Service Number: 7497 view online service record

Address:
19 Church Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Next of Kin:
Sarah Graham (wife)
19 Church Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 21 November 1917
Ship: HMAT Nestor A71
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion – 25th Reinforcements

Fate:
RTA: Tuesday, 1 July 1919
Discharged: Friday, 12 September 1919

Attestation papers give the address as West Melbourne however the Standard newspaper lists it as Port Melbourne and there doesn’t appear to be a Church Street in West Melbourne. In the 1930s, lived at 49 Garton Street, Port Melbourne.

1917 ‘RECRUITING IN PORT.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 21 July, p. 2. , viewed 11 Oct 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88367707

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