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HEY, Clarence Devonport
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3264 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, 7 June 1890 |
| Home Town: | Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | 26 August 1959, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3264, 40th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 3264, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 3264, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His brother, 7016 Private Ernest Victor Hey 6th Battalion was also killed in action in Belgium during the Battle of Broodseinde, on 4 October 1917, aged 29. Another brother died four days later, 2369 Cpl. Charles Leslie Tasman Hey, 24th Battalion AIF, aged 24.
A third brother, 451 Private George Herbert Hey, 12th Battalion, survived the war, having being thrice wounded at the Gallipoli Landing, the Battle of Lone Pine and the Pozieres. He was returned to Australia during 1917 with a bullet lodged in his chest close to his heart.