Arthur Bance

Service number: 3147

Rank: Private

Unit: 13th Battalion

Service: Australian Army

Date of death: 15th August 1918

Cemetery or memorial details: Buried at Abbeville community cemetery. Memorial Plaque

War Grave Register notes:

BANCE, Pte. Arthur, 3147. 13th Battalion. Died from wounds received in action in France. Brother of John Bance.

Source: National Archives of Australia

Arthur Bance was born in Wagga Wagga and was living at 89 Pittwater Road in the 1913 Electoral Roll. His next of kin was his brother John Bance. Arthur was 38 years old and a clerk at enlistment on the 16th July 1915. He embarked per A70 Ballarat at Sydney.

He was wounded in action on the 12th August 1918 in France. Arthur died from his wounds and shock on the 15thAugust 1918 and was buried in Abbeville community cemetery extension. He is not commemorated on the Manly War Memorial.