Charles Alfred Walter CLAREBROUGH

CLAREBROUGH, Charles Alfred Walter

    Service Numbers: 1352, Officer
    Enlisted: 30 January 1901
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 21st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Tauranga, New Zealand, 25 November 1879
    Home Town: Middle Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
    Schooling: St Patricks College, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Decorator
    Died: Killed In Action, France, 26 August 1916, aged 36 years
    Cemetery: Pozières British Cemetery
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    Memorials: South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor
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    Boer War Service

    1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 1352, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
    30 Jan 1901: Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1352, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
    15 Feb 1901: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1352, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Embarked from Port Melbourne on the "Orient" Troopship.
    24 Mar 1901: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1352, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Mobilized in Pretoria.
    12 Jun 1901: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1352, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Wilmansrust Incident. 5VMR encampment attacked at night by Boer Commandos. 18 5VMR KIA.
    4 Jan 1902: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1352, Battle of Onverwacht
    27 Mar 1902: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1352, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, RTA from Cape Town on the "St Andrew" Troopship. Disembarked in Melbourne on 25 April 1902.
    30 Apr 1902: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1352, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Awarded QSA and discharged.

    World War 1 Service

    5 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 21st Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
    26 Aug 1915: Embarked Lieutenant, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
    26 Aug 1915: Involvement Lieutenant, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
    26 Aug 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, K.I.A.

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Husband of Alice Clarebrough, of 28, Page St., Albert Park, Victoria

    Served in Boer War 1901 -1902 5th Victorian Contingent

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