Lost Battalion tunic

[Kohima]

Is it possible that he transferred to Coy.B, prior to discharge, having served in another company during the battle? As you know, personnel were shifted about all over the place during the occupation and demobilisation period.

Having read your post, M1, I am unsure if you checked the rosters of all companies and units, or just that of Coy.B. (I imagine that you checked all).

All the best,
Bob

[andrzejku98]

Hello SteveR,

I just thought that you might like to view the following that I have found for you on Arthur Ray Looker :



Burke and Ray Looker photographed when children in the possibly 1891-1893



Draft Registration Card for Arthur Ray Looker 1917 obverse



Draft Card for Arthur Ray Looker reverse



Company F 160th Infantry Regiment going to France



31st January 1919 Pvt. 3138637 Arthur Ray Looker going home to the USA



1942 Draft Card for Arthur Ray Looker



1973 Newspaper Article about Arthur Ray Looker claiming his WW1 Victory Medal 55 Years after the end of WW1



Private 3138637 Arthur Ray Looker

I sincerely hope that you do not mind me posting these items and I apologise if you have already seen them

Best wishes

Andrzej

[M1 Collecting]

Well its solved! Thanks to the newspaper clipping found by andrze we know the story! Arthur Looker is either Arthur H Jones or Arthur A Beske. The army must have made these rosters shortly after the lost battalion was rescued. They sent him to a hospital to get him treated thinking orginially he was dead, they also did this under a incorrect last name. Its very likely this is what took place. Interesting story to go with it as well. I'm just wondering why they would have never fixed the roster, maybe the rosters had already been made before they found out he was still alive and went by a different name. Does anyone have any way of contacting SteveR? Also why was he banned?