Military History

Embarked Fremantle per HMAT ‘Itonus’ A50 for Egypt 22.2.1915.
Roll Rank Private.
Roll Unit 4th Infantry Brigade, 16th infantry Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements
Southern disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt with the 16th Bn. 2nd Reinf. On landing, the 16th Bn. became part of the Australian and New Zealand Div. (ANZAC) and trained at Heliopolis. Southern‘s Unit proceeded to Alexandria to join the MEF and embarked for Gallipoli 12.4.1915. The 16th Bn. was involved in the attack on Bloody Angle near Quinn's Post on 2.5.1915. Southern was reported missing in action 2.5.1915. A Court of Enquiry determined he was KIA 2.5.1915. Southern’s body was not located and there was no formal burial. After the war, the physical remains of this unit, who were killed at Bloody Angle, were buried at Quinn’s Post Cemetery. Southern and other men in his platoon, are commemorated at the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Cannakkale Province, Turkey.
Final Rank Private 16th Infantry Bn AIF.
Medical Condition Deceased, KIA.
Awards and Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Notes His brother Capt. Harold Alfred Southern, also of the 16th Bn was KIA 2/3 May 1915.
Photos R.A. Southern. Photographer unknown, photograph source Western Mail 16.7.1915 p5
             HMAT 'Itonus'. Photographer unknown, photograph source  AWM H02240
             Landing Engineering appliances at Gallipoli 1915. Photographer C.E. Bean, photograph source AWM G01441
             Bloody Angle, Gallipoli , right hand corner in valley 1919. Produced by James, W.H., Swanston W.H., photograph source AWM G01766
             Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli 1936. Photograph donor J.Richter, photograph source AWM P02768.007

Information Source
AWM H02240. HMAT 'Itonus'. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM G01441. Landing Engineering appliances at Gallipoli 1915. Photographer C.E. Bean, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM G01766. Bloody Angle, Gallipoli , right hand corner in valley 1919. Produced by James, W.H., Swanston W.H., photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM P02768.007. Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli 1936. Photograph donor J.Richter, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM Embarkation Roll Arthur Richard Southern
AWM Roll of Honour- Arthur Richard Southern
AWM Red Cross File Arthur Richard Southerd
Guildfor War Memorial
St Matthew’s Honour Roll
St Matthew’s – Fallen
NAA: B2455, Southern Arthur Richard
Western Mail
Wise H. and Coy. Western Australian Post Office Directories
(http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2009/10/14/relics-of-the-16th-battalion-at-the-bloody-angle-gallipoli-1919)

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