CLEMENTS, Robert William
| Service Number: | 427 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, An original member of D Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Southport, Tasmania Australia, 29 October 1890 |
| Home Town: | Zeehan, West Coast, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Died of wounds, buried at sea, Gallipoli, Turkey, 11 August 1915, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 427, 12th Infantry Battalion, An original member of D Company | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 427, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 427, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Robert was the son of Lucy Hannah Shreeve, who was married to William Shreeve. The father died nine months after Robert was born in 1890. Lucy remarried Richard Herbert Clements during 1892 and had another four children.
Robert was among the first Australians to enlist in August 1914 and he took part in the Anzac Landing on 25 April 1915. He was wounded in the hand a week later and evacuated, returned to Gallipoli in early June and was again mortally wounded on 10 August 1915.
He died the next day aboard a hospital ship and was buried at sea between Gallipoli and Egypt.
Robert’s younger brother, 1790 Pte. Richard Herbert Clements 26th Battalion AIF was killed in action on 20 September 1917, aged 22.
Robert left a will in favour of his mother and she was granted a pension of 2 pounds per fortnight in October 1915.