EMERY  A.W.

Given Names:  Arthur Whitman

               

Service Number:  14807

Unit:  August 1916 Reinforcements                                                                                  

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  93521

 

Age:  24 Yrs   

Occupation:  Junior Assistant Engineer                                                                            

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7 In                     

Weight:  143 Lbs

Chest:  35-37 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  26/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Charles Frederick Emery

3 Valentine Avenue, Kew, Victoria                                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  25/9/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Shropshire A9

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Rugia     

Embarked:  18/7/1919                               

Disembarked:  11/9/1919

Unit:  12 Field Ambulance                                                                                                             

Rank:  Lance Corporal

Discharge Date:  26/10/1919                     

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  54531

Victory Medal:  53371

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  3/7/1891

Place:  Essendon, Vicotira                       

Father:  Charles Frederick EMERGY        

Mother:  Margaret PAUL

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1919     

Place:             

Spouse: Ann Dunbar DORRINGTON

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 28/10/1970                        

Place: Caulfield, Victoria                          

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Non-military employment 10/3/1919 - 14/6/1919

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:   S41336                                                 

Date Enlisted: 22/4/1942                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary