CLOWES, Cyril Albert
| Service Number: | 61 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Major General |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Warwick, Queensland, 11 March 1892 |
| Home Town: | Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory |
| Schooling: | Warwick Central School, Toowoomba Grammar School, Royal Military College Duntroon |
| Occupation: | Cadet Officer, Army Officer |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, 19 May 1968, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Roman Catholic, Compartment E, Section 17, Grave 27 |
| Memorials: | Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Bravery Deeds, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School Wall of Achievement, Warwick War Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 28 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major General, 61 |
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Cyril Albert Clowes (1892-1968), army officer, was born on 11 March 1892 at Warwick, Queensland, eldest child of Albert Clowes, a dentist from England, and his New Zealand-born wife Beatrice Hall, née Odling...
... Cyril was appointed lieutenant in the Australian Imperial Force, posted to the 1st Field Artillery Brigade and commissioned in the Permanent Military Forces. He embarked for Egypt in October. At Gallipoli from 25 April 1915, he directed naval support-fire as a forward observation officer.
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One of Australia's most successful soldiers and indeed soldiering families, Cyril Clowes began his military career as a humble lieutenant after graduating from the Royal Military College in Duntroon in 1914. In little over three decades later he had risen to the rank of Lieutenant General and served with distinction throughout two World Wars.
Cyril's brother, Norman Clowes (/explore/people/92832), was also a very successful soldier. After World War One he had transferred to the Indian Army and then in 1931 to the British Army which he saw service with during World War Two. At his retirement he had reached the rank of Major General.
A step-brother Trevor Marcel Clowes also attended Duntroon Military College and served as the commanding officer of D Company of the 2/33rd Battalion with the rank of Captain. He was Killed in Action on 22 November 1942 in New Guinea.
A second step-brother Kenneth Moreau Clowes served as a Corporal in World War Two.
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