Arthur Hallam

Rank:Lc/CplNumber:935
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:03rd Bn ('E' Coy)
Name of Rgt or Ship:Australian Infantry
Died:25/04/1915Age:24
How Died:Killed in Action
Country of burial:GallipoliGrave Photo:No
Cemetery or Memorial:4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery
Town Memorial:Sale
Extra Information:
Born during the June quarter 1891 in the Salford R.D. - ref: 8d/194, the
eldest son of Archibald James & Elizabeth Anne Hallam (nee Horner).

1891 Census - No Trace.

1911 Census - No Trace, but he arrived in Australia c1910.    His prents
were now residing at 11 Gordon Avenue, Glebelands Road, Ashton upon Mersey.
   Head of household - Archibald James Hallam - Married - aged: 55 - occ:
Tool Maker - born: Besses o' the Barn, Lancashire.    Also - Elizabeth Ann
Hallam - Wife - aged: 48 - born: Ramsbottom, Lancashire.   Plus 3
siblings.

A.I.F. Database.

Place of birth - Ashtown [Ashton upon Mersey], Cheshire, England.    School
Trafford Park School.    Age on arrival in Australia - 19 
Religion - Church of England.   Occupation - Boundary rider.    Marital
status - Single.   Age at embarkation - 23 
Next of kin Elizabeth Ann Hallam, 11 Gordon Avenue, Glebelands Road, Ashton
on Mersey, England 
Previous military service Served for 4 years as Battalion Scout, 7th
Lancashire Fusiliers (Territorial Force). 
Enlistment date - 25 August 1914.    Rank on enlistment - Private.    Unit
name - 3rd Battalion E Company 
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 23/20/1.
 
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board
HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914 
Rank from Nominal Roll - Lance Corporal.   Unit from Nominal Roll - 3rd
Battalion.   Fate - Killed in Action 25 April 1915.   Date of death - 25
April 1915.   Age at death - 24.   Age at death from cemetery records - 24

Australian War Memorial - 36.    Other details War service: Egypt,
Gallipoli.   Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal 

A.W.M. Memorial.
Born at Ashton on Mersey and attended the Trafford Park Board School.    A
Mechanic in England, he emigrated to Australia aged 21 years (1910) and had
spent 5 years working on a sheep farm at Forbes, New South Wales, C/o Mrs
Ann Perry, Clarence NSW.   He had previously served in the 7th Bn.
Lancashire Fusiliers.

Believed to have been killed at Gaba Tepe.

Memorials found on:
St. Martin's (Ashton on Mersey)St. Martin's Window (Ashton on Mersey)St. Mary's (Ashton on Mersey)
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