Military History

Embarked Fremantle per HMAT ‘Hororata’ for Egypt 1.10.1915.
Roll Rank Private.
Roll Unit ‘B’ Company, 7th Infantry Brigade, 28th Infantry Battalion, 4th Reinf.
Passmore disembarked at Suez with the 28th Bn. They were taken on Strength at Tel-el-Kebir 19.1.1916. Parsons was admitted to hospital in Ismailia with pyrexia 17.2.1916 and rejoined the Bn. at Ferry Post 20.2.1916. The 28th Bn. was transferred to Alexandria, joined the BEF and embarked for France 16.3.1916. They disembarked at Marseilles 21.3.1916. Passmore was engaged with his Unit at the Battle of Pozieres when he was reported missing in action 29.7.1916 (Reported in West Australian Newspaper 26.8.1916). Red Cross Files had eye witness reports of him being hit in the head and chest near the German front lines and his disk was retained by Private D. L. Evans of the 28th Bn. (AWM Red Cross Files). The Court of Enquiry in France 4.1.1917 determined that Passmore was KIA 29.7.1916 in the Field at Pozieres, France (Reported Western Mail 2.3.1917). He is commemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.
Final Rank Private, 28th Infantry Bn. AIF.
Medical Condition Deceased, KIA.
Awards and Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

Photos The Sun 25.2.1917 p6
             HMAT 'Hororata'. Photograper unknown, photograph source AWM PB0488
             Pozieres under German bombardment. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM G01534E
             Australian graves at Pozieres 12 months after the battle, 1917. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM E00998
             Villers-Bretonneux Australian Memorial, dedicated in 1938. Photographer unknown, photograph source  AWM H17454

Information Source
AWM PB0488. HMAT 'Hororata'. Photograper unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM G01534E. Pozieres under German bombardment. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM E00998. Australian graves at Pozieres 12 months after the battle, 1917. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian WarMemorial
AWM H17454. Villers-Bretonneux Australian Memorial, dedicated in 1938. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM Embarkation Roll- Arthur Charles Passmore
AWM Red Cross Files Arthur Charles Passmore
Guildford War Memorial
NAA: B2455, Passmore Arthur Charles
The Sun
St Matthew’s Honour Roll
St Matthew’s Fallen
West Australian Newspaper
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