Studio portrait of 806 Sergeant (Sgt) Henry Arundel Cheney, 50th Battalion from Upper Mitcham, ...

Studio portrait of 806 Sergeant (Sgt) Henry Arundel Cheney, 50th Battalion from Upper Mitcham, South Australia. A 24 year old driver prior to enlisting on 28 August 1914, he embarked for overseas as a Private with B Company, 10th Battalion from Adelaide on 20 October 1914 aboard HMAT Ascanius. While serving at Gallipoli, he was taken ill with dysentery and in August 1915 was evacuated to Malta and then onto England for medical treatment. After returning to Egypt in March 1916, he transferred to the 50th Battalion and having previously been promoted up through the ranks, was promoted to Sergeant on 1 June 1916. Later that month he proceeded to France and in August 1916 sprained his ankle while marching. Following evacuation to England for medical treatment, he returned to the 50th Battalion in France in February 1917 and was killed in action at Noreuil on 2 April 1917. Sgt Cheney was buried in the Military Cemetery at Noreuil but after the war, his grave could not be located and he is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France with others who have no known grave.