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CLAYTON, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 16079 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, Palestine, 23 October 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Jerusalem War Cemetery INSCRIPTION EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS AT HOME Grave W.5, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Nov 1916: | Involvement Driver, 16079, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 Nov 1916: | Embarked Driver, 16079, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Bakara, Adelaide | |
| 23 Oct 1918: | Involvement Driver, 16079, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 16079 awm_unit: 1st Field Squadron, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-10-23 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 32 and the son of Henry and Jane Clayton, of Meppershall, Shefford, England.Son of Henry and Jane Clayton, of Meppershall, Shefford, England.
He is honoured on the Meppershall, Shefford War Memorial. The Memorial stands in the main street through Shefford and takes the form of a grey, granite, obelisk, mounted on a three tiered, granite, plinth with a single stepped base surrouned by a small metal fence. There are 71 names for World War 1 and 24 for World War 2. The memorial was dedicated and unveiled 13 November 1921.
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