Clarence Edwin (Cal) BESSELL

BESSELL, Clarence Edwin

Service Number: 610
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 40th Infantry Battalion
Born: Lisle Dorset Tasmania, Australia, 16 March 1895
Home Town: Lisle, Dorset, Tasmania
Occupation: Bushman/Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Scottsdale Portland Municipality Including Portion of Lilydale Roll of Honour

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World War 1 Service

1 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 610, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 610, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart

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