SEMMENS, Clarence
| Service Number: | 4889 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 December 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 22 April 1882 |
| Home Town: | Greenbushes, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | State School, Majorca, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France, 3 September 1916, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ovillers Military Cemetery Plot XV1, Row V, Grave 5, Ovillers Military Cemetery, Ovillers la Boisselle, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Greenbushes War Memorial, W.A. |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4889, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4889, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4889, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 4889, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4889 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James and Isabella Semmens of Majorca, Victoria
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
8 March 1920 - extract from the mother's letter - mother wrote to Base Records asking if she could receive some allotment money adding that the sister had received all the deferred pay and asked if Clarence had left a will.
Clarence will had made his sister Margaret Knight as next of kin but no will could be found
24 March 1920 - Base Records advised mother that she should furnish a Statutory Declaration that she had divorced Clarence's father for desertion and then her name would be added to the soldier's record