CONN, Clarence Chandos
| Service Numbers: | 600, 46513 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1914, 4 years senior cadets |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Depot Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, June 1893 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Boys' Central School, Brisbane, Cooks Hill Superior Public School, NSW |
| Occupation: | Joiner |
| Died: | Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 10 July 1948, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-178. 62. |
| Memorials: | Cook's Hill Superior Public School , Hamilton St. Peter's Anglican Church Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 600, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 4 years senior cadets | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 600, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 600, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 30 Jun 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 600, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, 2nd MD, medically unfit, amputated finger (GSW Gallipoli) | |
| 27 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 46513, Depot Battalion , 1 yr, 310 days in 2nd Bn | |
| 11 Aug 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 46513, Depot Battalion , Medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
An Original Anzac who served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
75 years ago today, on the Sunday of the 11th July 1948, Private Clarence Chandos Conn, 2nd Battalion (Reg No-600), joiner from Denison Street, Hamilton, New South Wales and Wallsend?, N.S.W., father of two (Elma, Graeme), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 55. ANGLICAN 3-178. 62.
Born at Bendigo, Victoria about 1893 to George Kaye and Isabella Conn nee Egles; husband of Margaret Conn nee Slavin (married 1922, Wickham, N.S.W., died 1956?, Wallsend, N.S.W.), Clarence enlisted on the 25th August 1914 at Randwick, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board Transport A23 Suffolk on the 18th October 1914.
Wounded in action - 27.4.1915 (bullet through second finger of left hand, amputated at second joint).
Admitted to hospital 28.6.1915 (inflamed stump finger), 9.7.1915 (not stated), 12.11.1915 (influenza), 18.12.1915 (enteric fever).
Clarence was invalided home on the 21st January 1916, being discharged medically unfit on the 30th June 1916 (served 1 year 310 days).
Reenlisted on the 27th July 1916 (Reg No-N46573), Newcastle, N.S.W.
Discharged medically unfit on the 11th August 1916.
Mr. Conn’s name has been inscribed on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Hamilton St. Peter's Anglican Church Honor Roll, Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Hamilton Mechanics' Institute Roll of Honour - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137102184, and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name would be inscribed on the Hamilton Central League Football Club Roll of Honour, whereabouts unknown.
I have placed poppies at Clarence’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died after Discharge, 10/7/1948.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...
Younger brother Robert Stanley (born about 1899, Bendigo, Victoria, lamp cleaner from Denison Street, Hamilton, New South Wales, enlisted 16.4.1917, Australian Camel Corps, Reg No-3134, RTA 28.8.1919, 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade Band (15th Australian Light Horse Regiment), died 20.6.1981, age 82, not officially commemorated) also served 1st A.I.F.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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