Edward Frank CLUETT

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Service Number:	538
Enlisted:	25 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sturminster, Newton, Dorsertshire, England, 1878
Home Town:	Manildra, Cabonne, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydlink National School, England
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 1V, Row E, Grave 1, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

25 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 538, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 538, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 538, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney

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Arrived in Australia aged 35 years

Son of Edgar James and Sarah Cluett of Rock House, Yetminster, Sherborne, Dorsetshire, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served in the Dorset Queen Imperial Yeomanry for 3 or 4 years