POLLARD, Clarence Ambrose Noel
| Service Number: | 5756 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 January 1916, Casula |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia, 12 December 1897 |
| Home Town: | Brewarrina, Brewarrina, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Brewarrina Public School and Sydney High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery I. AA. 1. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brewarrina Christ Church WW1 Memorial, Brewarrina Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5756, 1st Infantry Battalion, Casula | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 5756, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 5756, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5756, 1st Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 |
Clarence Aubrey Noel Pollard
Clarence Aubrey Noel Pollard was born on the 12 Dec 1897 in Brewarrina to George Henry Pollard, a carpenter by trade who had immigrated from Lancashire England and Evelyn Reed born in Bathurst NSW.
Clarence was one of seven children and attended school in Brewarrina NSW. Siblings were William Sutcliffe Pollard, Mary Isabel Rose Pollard, George Wallace Pollard, Evelyn Iris Pollard, Ormand Stanley Pollard, Rodney Burton Pollard.
He joined the public service as a junior clerk head office in the Colonial Tresury Department, Appointment Date 18 Aug 1915 on a salary of 60 pounds per annum.
He enlisted on the 10 Jan 1916 at Casula, NSW 34 kms SW of Sydney, at the aged of 18 years 2 months. Address at time of enlistment was 24 Park Rd, Moore Park.
Service Number 5756. Physical description, Fresh complexion, Blue eyes, fair hair.
Clarence Aubrey Pollard was reported missing in action on the 5 Nov 1916 “in the field” 10 months after enlisting. He was reported as killed in action after enquiry in 1917.
Service No: 5756
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 1st Bn.
Burial Place: Bayonet Trench Cemetery, Gueudecourt, 2 ¾ miles south, south west of Bapaume.
Grevillers British Cemetery, Grevillers, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Norde-Pas-de-
Calais, France.
His mother Evelyn received his Victory Medal 16 Jun 1923
Submitted 28 September 2018 by Pauline Gowing
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