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CLARIDGE, Robert Oakley John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2912 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1916, Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 26 September 1898 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Central Boys School, Gympie, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, At sea (HMAT Warilda A69), 3 August 1918, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Gympie & Widgee War Memorial Gates, Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2912, Brisbane | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 2912, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 2912, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Robert Oakley John CLARIDGE was born in Gympie, Queensland on 26th September, 1898
His parents were Ernest Augustus CLARIDGE & Jane Elizabeth SMITH
He enlisted in Brisbane on 11th January, 1916 & embarked with the 41st Infantry Battalion, 6th reinforcements from Sydney on the HMAT Demosthenes on 23rd December, 1916
Robert died on 3rd August, 1918 at sea on H.T. Warilda which sunk due to enemy action (torpedo)
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Hollybrook Memorial in Southampton, England
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