John Edward Harold Norman (Pat) ST. CLAIRE

ST. CLAIRE, John Edward Harold Norman

Service Number: 2261
Enlisted: 15 May 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Skibbereen, Ireland, 1876
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer (S.A.R.)
Died: Killed In Action, Ypres, Belgium, 12 June 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Lincoln S.A.R. Eyre's Peninsula Division Roll of Honour WW1, Streaky Bay War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

15 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2261, Adelaide, South Australia
12 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2261, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
12 Aug 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2261, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide
12 Jun 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2261, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Served 3 years in American Cavalry; 2 in the Artillery; 1 year in the Infantry. Saw service in China during the Boxer Rising after which he was discharged

John's address at the time of enlistment was 30 Grenfell Street, Kent Town, South Australia

Biography

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Chronicle (Adelaide, SA: 1895 - 1954) Saturday 7 July 1917

THE LATE PRIVATE ST. CLAIRE.

Mrs. St. Claire, of Union-street, Adelaide, has been notified that her husband, Private J. E. H. N. (Pat) St. Claire, was killed in action on June 11. Private St. Claire was well known on the West Coast.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87606858