AINSWORTH, Clarence Russell
| Service Number: | 1013 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 5th Australian Field Artillery Battery |
| Born: | Heywood, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Heywood, Glenelg, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Laborer, student of Electrical Engineering |
| Died: | Pulmonary Abscess and Toxaemia, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 30 October 1914 |
| Cemetery: |
Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1013, 5th Australian Field Artillery Battery | |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement Driver, 1013, 5th Australian Field Artillery Battery |
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From How We Served
1013 Driver Clarence Russell Ainsworth of Heywood, Victoria, had been employed as a laborer when he enlisted for War Service on the 22nd of August 1914. Having been accepted for overseas duties, Clarence was allocated to the 5th Battery of the 2nd Australian Field Artillery Brigade 1st AIF.
Clarence entered camp at Broadmeadows to commence his training prior to his Unit 's embarkation for Egypt as part of the First Australian Contingent.
It was whilst still at Broadmeadows that Clarence contracted measles, and he was admitted into Melbourne Hospital for treatment. His Unit sailed without him as he was deemed too sick to return to Camp.
Shortly after their departure, Clarence succumbed to illness whilst still in hospital on the 30th of October, 1914. He had been aged 21.
Afforded Official War graves status, Driver Clarence Ainsworth, an original 1914 enlistment, was formally laid to rest within Box Hill General Cemetery.
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