8th Battalion
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Joseph John Arthur (SN 3315) born at Castlemaine, was a married 35 year old labourer when he enlisted in Melbourne on July 5th 1915. On November 26th he embarked from Melbourne aboard the Commonwealth and sailed to Egypt. In June 1916 he joined the 8th Infantry Battalion in France. His service was cut short by rheumatism and a knee problem which forced him back to hospital in England before he was returned to Australia. He returned aboard the Ajana and was discharged medically unfit on January 4th 1917.
