William Henry CLAPHAM

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Service Number:	1163
Enlisted:	23 September 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	West Wallsend, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	State School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Hairdresser
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial, Row A, Grave 2 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, West Wallsend Methodist Church Roll of Honour, West Wallsend Presbyterian Honour Roll

23 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1163, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1163, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1163, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Son of Albert and Elizabeth Clapham of Withers Street, West Wallsend, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously had worked in the mines

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