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Died on this date - 27th November......Private Harry Element was born in 1888 in the registration district of Waterloo, Sydney, NSW. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 5th January, 1916 as a 28 year old, married (with 3 children) Painter from Newtown, Sydney, NSW.

Private Element was sent to Egypt first then transferred to England where further training was received at 12th Training Battalion, No. 11 Camp, Rollestone, Wiltshire, England from 20th August, 1916.
Private Element joined 45th Battalion at the Front on 22nd September, 1916.

Private Element was wounded in action. He was admitted to 38th Casualty Clearing Station on 21st November, 1916 with gunshot wounds to left thigh. He was invalided to England & admitted to The Duchess of Connaught Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England on 26th November, 1916. The Hospital Admission form lists “Perf Bullet wd L. thigh Gas B. Infection.”. The comments section included “Virulent Gas infection.”

Private Harry Element died at 10.20 am on 27th November, 1916. He was buried in Cliveden War Cemetery, Buckinghamshire where 2 other WW1 Australians are buried.
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Cliveden War Cemetery is in the grounds of Cliveden House, a National Trust property, near the river Thames. Most of the 40 First World War burials, the majority of them Canadian, are associated with the hospital. The cemetery also contains two Second World War graves and two American War Graves from the First World War. There are 3 Australian WW1 War Graves.

During the war the family of the Cliveden Estate gave permission for the garden to be adapted to serve as the final resting place for servicemen who died in the hospital. The mosaic paving was replaced with turf and the graves were marked with plain stones recumbent on the graves rather than the upright headstones that are familiar in other Commonwealth War Graves commission cemeteries.