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WERE, Clive Wellington
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 521 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Yarra, Vic., 1889 |
| Home Town: | Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| 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 |
Service History
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: '' | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 521, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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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