A birth registration was found for Robert A Arnott: Mother's Maiden Surname: Dunn; Date of Registration: Oct Nov Dec 1923; Registration district: Darlington; Registration county: Durham; Volume Number: 10a; Page Number: 31. Parents: Richard Hamilton Arnott and Elizabeth Maud Dunn, married 1908, Darlington, Durham, England.

In 1934, Anthony Arnott, 10 (and brother Michael Arnott, 8) arrived at Fremantle, Australia, in a group of 22 children from the Child Emigration Society, Strand, London, England, accompanied by Miss Grace Bell, Deaconess. He was placed in Newton Cottage at Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Australia.

Anthony Robert Arnott died August 4, 2002. He is remembered on the Fairbridge Memorial Wall.