|
Unit |
1st Battalion, E Company |
Rank |
Private |
|
Date of Enlistment |
19
August 1914 |
Service no. |
648 |
|
Date of Death |
25 April 1915 |
Place of Death |
The
Bluff, beyond Shrapnel Gully |
|
Age |
23 |
|
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|
Cemetery |
No. 2 Outpost |
Details |
Special Memorial
2 |
|
Epitaph |
Our
Darling. Greater love hath no man than this |
|
Next of Kin |
(Father)
AMOS Arthur |
Address |
Hillside,
Rockley NSW |
|
Parents |
Arthur
and Eliza Jane Amos (nee Soden) |
Address |
Hillside,
Rockley NSW |
|
Date of Birth |
30 April
1892 |
Place of birth |
NSW Sydney |
|
General |
"Amos was shot
through the head and killed instantly while observing enemy through
field glasses. His mate Pte Hillyer (same Battn. and Coy.) was firing
at enemy by his side at the time. Hillyer reported these details to
informant immediately afterwards. Hilllyer was subsequently killed"
Australian War
Memorial, Red Cross files,
1DRL/0428, 80303
(source 7) |
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Other Sources |
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Photo |
 |
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The Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper, 13 August 1915
(source 24) |
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Photo |
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The Sydney Mail Newspaper, 1 September 1915, page 38
(source 15) |
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Photo |
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The Daily Telegraph Newspaper, 13 August 1915, page 13
(source 70) |
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Photo |
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Northern District Times Newspaper, 2009, on-line
(source 161) |
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Photo |
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Ryde District Historical Society, 14.3.W20
(source 179) |
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Photo |
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Australian War Memorial, P07391.001
(source 7) |
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|
Photo |
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Mapping Our Anzacs, NAA
(source 8) |
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|
Photo |
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Amos Family Collection
(source 82) |
 |
|
Newspaper article |
|
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The
Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper, 16 August 1915, (source
24) |
|
|
|
Newspaper article |
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The Daily
Telegraph Newspaper, 11 August 1915, page 8 (source 70) |
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|
Newspaper article |
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The Daily
Telegraph Newspaper, 13 August 1915, page 10 (source 70) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Daily
Telegraph Newspaper, 14 August 1915, page 8 (source 70) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Daily
Telegraph Newspaper, 14 August 1915, page 8 (source 70) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Daily
Telegraph Newspaper, 12 October 1915, page 8 (source 70) |
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Family details |
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|
Spirits of
Gallipoli and Soldier's Family |
 |
|
Headstone |
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Gallipoli Photographic Expedition, 2009 (source 183) |
 |
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Various |
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Australian War Memorial, ACT, Panel 28 (source 14) |
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