Participant Info

Surname

Thorn

First Name

Arthur

Initial

Service Number

2238

Rank

private

Unit Served

27th Battalion

Service Record

Egypt, France, Belgium

Enlistment Date

1915

Enlistment Month

May 2

Embarkation Year

1915

Embarkation Month

September 21

Date of Death

1916

Month of Death

November 5

Death Category

KIA

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, SA section H, notes page 16, image page 15

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

J. S. and Mary Ann Thorn

Parental Address

Blende Street, North Broken Hill

Parental City

Parental State

NSW

Notes

"born Cavenagh, S.A., 1898, educated Broken Hill, N.S.W., assayer, enlisted April 23, 1915 embarked September 19, 1915. War service: Egypt, France, Belgium (wounded, August 5, 1916, reported wounded and missing, later officially reported killed in action