ST. CLAIRE, John Edward Harold Norman
| Service Number: | 2261 |
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| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 15 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2261, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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.
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