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Gosford District Casualties of World War One Manefield, Arthur Service Number 2054 Died of Wounds 14th November 1916 France

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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

Manefield, Arthur Service Number 2054

Died of Wounds 14th November 1916 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 MANEFIELD- Arthur

SERVICE NO 2054

UNIT 19th Battalion, 2

nd Infantry, 3

rd Reinforcements/ transferred to 18

th Bat-

talion

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 24 yrs. 10 MThs

PLACE OF BIRTH Wallsend, NSW

ADDRESS Kurri Kurri, NSW

OCCUPATION Sawyer/ Coal Miner

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 15 Feb 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT Liverpool, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Mrs A Manefield- 10 Pretoria St., Leichhardt, NSW/11 Wetherill St. Leichhardt. Mother- Mrs Mary Ellen Manefield- 17 Arthur St., Leichhardt Sister- Mrs W A Buscombe, Gosford

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Height;-5’ 6” . Weight;-125lbs . Chest;-31-34” . Complexion;-Fair. Hair;-Fair . Eyes;-Blue .

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED 9 Aug 1915- Sydney per HMAT A54 “Runic”

DISEMBARKED

NOTES 26 Sept 1916 AWOL 5-10pm.

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 17 Nov 1915- admitted 5 field Ambulance- Jaundice/Pneumonia

2 Dec 1915- Hosp Ship Oxfordshire- Jaundice

5 Dec 1915- 3 Aux Hosp Heliopolis

15 Jan 1916- Reported for Duty- Tel-el-Kebir 14 Nov 1916- Arm severed

DIED 14 Nov 1916- DOW- France

BURIED 15 Nov 1916-Thistle Dump Cemetery, High Wood ½ mile NW of Bazentin-le-Grand 6 miles ENE of Albert, France

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-16653, British War Medal-24197, Victory Medal-24027. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-321591

.

DEPENDANTS Mother- Mary Ellen Manefield- 18 Arthur St., Leichhardt

PERSONAL EFFECTS Pr socks, 2 razors, strop, comb. Holdall, 6 handkerchiefs, writing pad, housewife, tin, badge, knife, playing cards, gift tin, scarf, 2 brushes, pipe bowl/

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE 30 Jun 1915- Garrison Hosp- 2 Jul 1915- Dorothy M Cross ?

REMARKS Mentioned in Despatches by L/Gen Birdwood for Gallant Conduct- 21/12/16

RED CROSS REPORT Yes

Gosford Times- 15 Nov 1917 Sister Mrs W A Buscombe of Gosford Sydney Morning Herald Thurs 15 Feb 1917 pg 10 Listed;- Pte A Manefield Leichhardt (wounded & missing) Sydney Morning Herald Fri 23 Mar 1917 pg 19 Listed as Killed in Action;- Pte A Manefield Leichhardt Not listed in book “Central Coast Roll of Honour” by Wyong Family History Group

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Gosford Times 15

th November 1917

ROLL OF HONOR. MANEFIELD- In loving memory of our dear brother, Private Arthur Manefield, who was killed in action in France on November 14, 1916. He made the supreme sacrifice Inserted by his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Mr and Mrs W.A. Buscombe, Gosford.

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8214496

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8214496

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8214496

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8214496

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8214496

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8214496

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8214496

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8214496

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8214496

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8214496

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8214496