Clive Wellington WERE

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WERE, Clive Wellington

Service Number:	521
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Yarra, Victoria, Australia , 1889
Home Town:	Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne C of E Grammar School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Panel 25
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, MCC Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918 - Melbourne Cricket Club, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll, St Martins Hawksburn HB

World War 1 Service

21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 521, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 521, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Son of Francis Wellington and Anne Isabella WERE

CLIVE WELLINGTON WERE who was killed in action on Gallipoli on 25th April 1915 was the younger son of Mr. F. W. Were of Melbourne. He was born in 1890 and entered the Prep. School in 1903 and came up to the Senior School in 1905.

On leaving at the end of 1906 he went on to the land, and was farming at Officer, on the Gippsland line, when he enlisted. He joined F Company, 5th Battalion (the Public Schools Company), and after going to Egypt was killed at the famous Landing on Gallipoli on 25th April 1915.

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