Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Challis A E     Pte    3039    Arthur Edwin           38 Inf Bn    22    Salesman    Married    Meth       

Address:    Moonee Ponds, Bent St (NOK)   

Next of Kin:    Challis, Elsie, Mrs, wife, Bent St, Moonee Ponds   

Enlisted:    10 Jan 1917       

Embarked:     A70 Ballarat 19 Feb 1917   

The transport HMAT Ballarat after being torpedoed by a German submarine off the

southern English coast on 25 Apr 1917. In the background a British destroyer is

standing by to take the troops.  http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/C01592 AWM Collection.

Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiries Bureau Correspondence

Pte A E Challis, 38 Infantry Battalion, made enquiries for a photo of the

grave of Private William Mackay, on behalf of his mother. The Challis and

Mackay families both lived in Bent St.

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall A-F