Clarence Cecil WHITEHEAD

WHITEHEAD, Clarence Cecil

Service Number: 26755
Enlisted: 4 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Natimuk, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Yannathan, Cardinia, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 30 October 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Panel 7 - Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lang Lang & District Great War Honor Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Yannathan Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

4 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 26755, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Enlisted at Melbourne
7 Sep 1916: Involvement Gunner, 26755, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
7 Sep 1916: Embarked Gunner, 26755, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne
30 Oct 1917: Involvement Gunner, 26755, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 26755 awm_unit: 5th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-30

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charles and Jenny Margaret W.  Whitehead of Cora Lynn, Garfield, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal