CLAYTON, Charles Keare
| Service Number: | 51 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, NSW, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hamilton Public School |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France I E 19 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Cundletown Employees of A Goninan & Co Ltd. Roll of Honor, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Hamilton War Memorial, Newcastle Masonic Lodge Harmony U.G.L. No 15 Roll of Honour, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51, 30th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 51, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 51, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Involvement Driver, 51, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 51 awm_unit: 30th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-08-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John and Martha Clayton, of 29, Swan St., Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales.
PEACEFULLY SLEEPING
Member of Harmony 15 Lodge
Mr John Clayton, of Swan Street, Hamilton, has been advised that his son, Charlie, was killed in action on September 9. Driver Clayton enlisted in 1915, and sailed with the 30th Battalion. Prior to enlisting he was engaged at the works of Messrs. A Goninan and Co.
Three Hamilton soldiers who enlisted together in August, 1915 remained in camp and on active service together. They slept frequently under the same blanket in France, until the companionship was severed first by the death in action of March 23 of Private Day, 24 years of age, and during last month of Private Clayton, 26 years. The three men served for six months in Egypt and for two years in France, and now Private Turner alone remains. In pre-war days they were actively identified with the Methodist Church at Hamilton.
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