Clarence George BLENCOWE

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BLENCOWE, Clarence George

Service Number:	6764A
Enlisted:	16 February 1917
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Berwick, Victoria, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Moorabbin State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 1 September 1918
Cemetery:	Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Memorial reference: IV. F. 27., Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Daours, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

16 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6764A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6764A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 39 and the son of John Abraham and Annie Christina Blencowe; husband of Ellen E. Blencowe, of 11, Loyola Avenue, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. Native of Berwick, Victoria. His brother, Private Lewis Blencowe of the 5th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. also fell.

INSCRIPTION on his wargrave reads:

WE'LL CATCH THE BROKEN THREADS AGAIN WE'LL FINISH WHAT WE HERE BEGAN

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