Gunner 15724 Rupert John ARNOLD

Gunner 15724 Rupert John Arnold{gallery}Gnr R J Arnold{/gallery}1st Brigade, Australian Field Artillery.
Died of wounds in Belgium, 18th August 1917, aged 24.

• Buried: Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium. Grave Ref III.A.5
• Enlisted 11 October 1915, Rockhampton, NSW
• Son of Ralph and Emma Arnold
• NNWFHS memorial: Seckington
  

Links to relevant information
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• CWGC Page for Private Arnold
• Australian Roll of Honour
• Australian Army Records
• Collection of letters sent to his father from the front
• NNWFHS Seckington War Memorial Page
• Royal Australian Artillery
• Mendingham Military Cemetery

1911 census and family history information

• Born 1887 in Seckington. Baptised on 14 Aug 1887
• Lived at Seckington, working as a bank clerk [1911]
• Left London on 21 Nov 1912 and arrived in Sydney aboard the Orsova
• Living at Owens Creek, Queensland, Australia where in the 1916 voters’ roll he is described as a farmer