MUIR, Clive Edgar
| Service Number: | 1814 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 December 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Waverley, Sydney, NSW, 16 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | McMahons Point, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Banker |
| Died: | Sydney, NSW, 29 December 1980, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1814, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 1814, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 1814, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
CLIVE EDGAR MUIR was born on 16th March, 1894, at Sydney, New South Wales, the son of Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Edith Muir. He entered the Bank's service on 9th April, 1913, at the William Street (Sydney ) Branch, being transferred to the Southern Branch on 16th of the same month.
Clive Edgar Muir enlisted in the A.I.F. on 10th July, 1915, and was appointed as a trooper to the 7th Light Horse, which regiment he joined about five months later in Egypt. In June, 1916, while still in Egypt, where he was on active service, he was transferred to the 13th Brigade of the Australian Field Artillery, and in October, 1916, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant in the 113th Howitzer Battery.
He was sent to France in 1917, where he was in action on the Somme and on the Ypres sector. At Passchendaele, on 9th October, 1917, he was severely wounded, remaining in hospital until 27th June, 1920, when he received his discharge.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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