Arthur Alfred PORTER MM

Birthplace
Dalby
Resided
Dalby
Occupation
Grazier
Enlisted
11-February-1916
Place
Toowoomba
Age
22
Status
Single
Service No
3227
Rank
Private
Unit
47th Battalion, 8th Reinforcements
Embarked
22-December-1916
Place
Sydney
Active Service
Western Front
Highest rank
Corporal
Honours and Awards
Military Medal
Fate
How Died
Killed in action
Date
03-April-1918
Place
Dernancourt, France
Cemetery or Memorial
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Notes

Also named on Dalby War Memorial.

 

Arthur Porter landed in France in June 1917 and deployed to Belgium. In October he was wounded in action in the Battle of Passchendaele. While recuperating in hospital in Le Trepport he was awarded the Military Medal. In France on 3 April 1918, two weeks after returning from leave in England, he was killed in action at Dernancourt.

 

Military Medal citation: “His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Military Medal for bravery in the Field.” (Awarded 9 November 1917)