P72 Trio: 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 890 PTE A. W. CHALLENGER 12/BN AIF.

P72 Trio: 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 890 PTE A. W. CHALLENGER 12/BN AIF.

Arthur William Challenger states his previous Service as “2 years 11 A.I.R. left to work in the country”

EMB: 18th Oct 1914

Records show that after the initial landing at Gallipoli on the 5^th May 1915, Pte. Challenger is noticed missing during the first opportunity any unit had to conduct a roll call. An enquiry into his whereabouts a year later officially confirms that he was killed sometime during the landing on the 25^th April 1915.

“I visited many of the 12th Batt. Men when they returned and made enquiries but all I could learn was that he did land safely, but no one seemed to have seen him after 10 o’clock on the morning of the landing April 25^th 1915. From the information I received they evidently landed very early in the morning and all those interviewed were positive that they never saw him later than 10 am. I regret I cannot give you more information, no one mentioned any particular spot as having been the last place where they saw my husband”.

Killed in action 25^th April 1915 Gallipoli.

Near UNC $2500