MEDHURST, Clarence John
| Service Number: | 606 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 April 1915, Lismore, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warialda, New South Wales, 1 September 1893 |
| Home Town: | Casino, Richmond Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Teamster |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 29 July 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France Plot 2, Row C, Grave 12, Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bonalbo & District War Memorial, Bottle & Tunglebung Creeks Bonalbo District HR, Casino and District Memorial Hospital WW1 Roll of Honour, Kyogle Shire Council Honour Roll WW1, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lismore, New South Wales | |
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| 24 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 606, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 24 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 606, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 606, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 606 awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-29 |
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"The following details are just to hand regarding the late Corporal Clarence J. Medhurst, whose death was reported in a recent issue: — Corporal Medhurst enlisted on 26th April, 1915, and went into camp at Enoggora. He left Australia on 17th June for Egypt, and left Egypt for Gallipoli in August, 1915, where he was guard of the canteen for a month, returning to Egypt at X'mas. He was in Arabia till March last, when he went to France, thence to Belgium, and back to France, where he was promoted to be a signaller and telephone operator, in the discharge of which important duty he was shot. He thus saw fighting on several of the fronts, and the news of his death came as a great shock to a wide circle of friends." - from the Richmond River Express 26 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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