MIHAN  A.W.

Given Names:  Arthur William

               

Service Number:  456

Unit:  24th Battalion, B Company                                                                                      

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  18 Yrs  10 Mths

Occupation:  Carter                                                                                                       

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7 In                     

Weight:  148 Lbs

Chest:  34½-37½ In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  22/3/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Mihan

8 Loxton Street, East Kew, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  10/5/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Euripides A14

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

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Disembarked: 

Unit:  24th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:                                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  17712

British War Medal:  11516

Victory Medal:  11465

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1/5/1897

Place:  Hawthorn, Victoria                        

Father:  William Fred MIHAN                   

Mother:  Mary Anne CLIFFORD

 

MARRIAGE

Year:              

Place:             

Spouse:  

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 29/11/1915                        

Place: Gallipoli, Turkey                            

Burial:  Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Killed at Lone Pine Peninsula when the dug out he was in was blown in during a bombardment.  File indicates was buried at Browns Dip Cemetery, 500 yards off Anzac Cove.

 

MEMORIALS

Auburn State School

Kew War Memorial

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 312557

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary