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CLEMSON, Leslie Horatio
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2633 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Marrickville, NSW, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Brewarrina, Brewarrina, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Brewarrina State School |
| Occupation: | Station hand |
| Died: | Struck in the head by shell, Belgium, 7 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brewarrina Christ Church WW1 Memorial, Brewarrina Public School Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2633, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2633, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
Nugget Clemson
Nugget lived and worked on his Father’s station (Tarrwa Station) in Brewarrina NSW.
He was a fine horseman and a crack shot.
He served as a Vickers machine gunner and died when he was struck in the head by a shell. Reports says he was ‘terribly disfigured’
Submitted 19 November 2018 by Mark Adams
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