MCELROY, Clarence John
| Service Number: | 1798 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ashford, New South Wales, Australia , 1890 |
| Home Town: | Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Chemist |
| Died: | Killed in action, Gueudecourt, France, 4 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Bancourt British Cemetery Plot XI, Row A, Grave No. 14. HE GAVE HIS NOBLE LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Inverell Kurrajong Parade Avenue of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1798, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Dec 1915: | Involvement 1798, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Dec 1915: | Embarked 1798, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 4 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 17 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 13th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mrs. S. McElroy, of Brae St., Inverell, New South Wales, and the late John McElroy.
HE GAVE HIS NOBLE LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The 13th Battalion battered the Germans out of Stormy trench on the eve of their retirement in February-the fighting in which Captain Murray won his Victoria Cross. The Battalion suffered around 60 killed and died of wounds due to the heavy fighting for Stormy trench on 4 February 1917.
Inverell Times 1 March 1917, ROLL OF HONOR, SERGT. CLARENCE McELROY.
“A cable was received last night conveying the sad news that another Inverell boy, Sergt. Clarence McElroy, has given his life for his country. The late sergeant was the eldest son of Mrs. James McElroy of Ross Hill, and was apprenticed with Mr. Chas. Dowe chemist, for about six years. In August, 1915, he answered to the call of duty, and was soon in the trenches of France, where he received a shrapnel wound while bringing supplies to advanced trenches across an exposed area, on which the Germans had thrown a curtain of fire. After some months in a London hospital he returned to France, where, on 4th February, he made the supreme sacrifice. Sergt. McElroy was of a most genial disposition, and very popular with all who knew him, and great sympathy is expressed for his widowed mother and relatives.”