CLUES, Hubert Clement
| Service Number: | 652 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 September 1914, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Sale, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Sale, Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Horse Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 11 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Sp Memorial E 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sale Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 28 Sep 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 652, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 652, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 12 Mar 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 652, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 15 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 652, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 652, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 652, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Bullecourt (First) |
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THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
"... 652 Private (Pte) Hubert Clement Clues, 16th Battalion, of Sale, Vic. A horse driver prior to enlisting in September 1914, Pte Clues embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 22 December 1914. As part of the 16th Battalion, Pte Clues landed at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915. He was wounded at Gallipoli in May 1915 and spent some months recovering in England. He returned to his Battalion at Gallipoli in September 1915 and stayed until evacuation in December. In Egypt on 22 March 1916, Pte Clues was promoted to Corporal (Cpl). The 16th Battalion arrived in France in June 1916 to serve on the Western Front and on 5 February 1917 Cpl Clues was wounded in action by shell fire. In March 1917 he was demoted to Private for drunkeness while on leave in Paris. Pte Clues rejoined his battalion from hospital on 29 March 1917 and was killed in action at Bullecourt, France, on 11 April 1917. He was 24 years of age. Pte Hubert Clues was cousin to 1677 Pte Charles Clues also of Sale, Vic who had been killed in action at Gallipoli on 12 July 1915." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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