Clement WOOLLEY

WOOLLEY, Clement

Service Number: 2666
Enlisted: 13 July 1915, Claremont, Tas.
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 52nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Hobart, Tas., 1895
Home Town: Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling: Friends High School Hobart, University of Tasmania
Occupation: School Teacher
Died: Killed in Action, France, 4 September 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glen Huon HR, Glen Huon War Memorial, Hobart Roll of Honour, North Hobart Friends' School Honour Roll, University of Tasmania, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

13 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2666, 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas.
10 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 2666, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 2666, 12th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne
4 Sep 1916: Involvement Lance Corporal, 2666, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2666 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-09-04

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of George Robert and Sarah Jane WOOLLEY of Glen Huon, Tas.

This week the sad news was conveyed to Councillor G. R. Woolley of Glen Huon, that his son, Lance corporal Clement Woolley, had been killed in action  in France. Some time ago the young soldier was reported missing. He was only 19 years of age at the time he enlisted, nearly two years ago, when he  was showing great promise of attaining prominence as a scholar. Educated at the Friends High School, Hobart, Lance-corporal Woolley entered the Phillip  Smith Training College at the opening of that institution, and subsequently became a student of the Hobart University and head-master of the Roseberry  State School. He was also a member of the Mercantile Rowing Club .

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