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SARRE, Claude Phillip
| Service Number: | 2341 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 31 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Unley, Adelaide, Australia, 28 December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Flinders Street |
| Occupation: | Jeweller |
| Died: | 11 November 1982, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 31 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 2341 | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 2341, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: Incorrect embarkation date of 9/11/1916 recorded on original roll | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 2341, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement 2341 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Aberfoyle Park High School
Claude Phillips Sarre was the fourth child of Richard Stephans Sarre and Selina Brunswick Godden
1.Harold George b.26/11/1887 d.24/1/1899
2.Richard Reginald b.13/2/1889 d.4/8/1943
3.Clifford Harry b.11/12/1890 d.1951
4. Claude Phillips b.28/12/1892 d.29/11/1982
5. Vera Georgina b.11/3/1895 d.28/1/1960
Claudes father died in 1897 and his mother remairried to William Henry Bradley
Claude lived in Adelaide and finished school at the aged of 14 in Flinders Street. His family became members of Manthorpe Congregational Church after moving to Unley. This same church now known as Unley uniting church if where Claude is listed in the Honour rolls and in the Unley Town Hall.
His first job was a chemist messenger and then he worked at a grocerry store before getting a job as an apprentice at Suhards & Co jeweller influenced by is brother Richard who was a jeweller in Charles Street. Claude worked at Suhards until he eblisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF).
Claude enlisted in the AIF in 1951. He was originally taken on as a 10th infantry Battalion but received a transfer to the 3rd Feild Company Engineer. His friend Bert Storr was already part of the same unit. On September 9 1915 Claude left Sydney on the HMAT BELTANA.
Claude returned to Australia on May 28 1919
After the war he worked as a jewller with his brother but soon started his own jewellery business at 51 Gawller Place, Adelaide.
Claude married Mary Grace Hensley and they five children
1. Richard John b.4/11/1924 d.17/1/1933
2. Brian Robert b.11/1/1927 d.
3.Ian Hensley b.28/9/1929 d.//2016
4. Phillip Richard b.18/1/1934 d.
5. Fay Georgina b.11/5/1936 d.
and they adopted a six week old baby Donald Christopher b. 25/7/1941
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