Cyril Albert (Silent Cyril) CLOWES CBE, DSO, MC, MiD-3, Order White Eagle-Serbia, MC-Greece

CLOWES, Cyril Albert

Service Number: 61
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
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World War 1 Service

14 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1
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 (WW2) , Major General, 61

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Biography

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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