Clarence Edgar BURT

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Service Number:	5244
Enlisted:	15 November 1917, Townsville, Queenlsand
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Central State School, Townsville, Queensland
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	Illness, France, 17 May 1918
Cemetery:	Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre Ste Marie Cemetery Div. 62, Plot 111, Row H, Grave 5 , Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Townsville Cenotaph

15 Nov 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Townsville, Queenlsand
2 Mar 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5244, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Ormonde embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
2 Mar 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5244, 31st Infantry Battalion, SS Ormonde, Sydney
Date unknown:	Involvement 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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31 Battalion

Served several years in the Townsville Naval Cadets Rank Able Seaman

Died of Bronchical Pneumonia and pericarditis while enroute to England

Father's inscription for headstone reads;

"Good Citizen Solider, Brother, Son

His Soul God Keep

In Freedom's Cause - His Duty Done"

Son of John Pearce Burt and Jane Burt, of Imperial Hotel, Townsville, Queensland. Native of Collingwood, Victoria, Australia.

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