Claude Leopold BOURCHIER

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BOURCHIER, Claude Leopold

Service Number:	502
Enlisted:	1 July 1915, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	36th Heavy Artillery Group
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 15 August 1894
Home Town:	Narromine, Narromine, New South Wales
Schooling:	Narromine Public School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Rubber worker
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 11 July 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium Plot 1, Row G, Grave 17,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Narromine War Memorial

World War 1 Service

1 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 502, Sydney, New South Wales
8 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 502, Siege Artillery Brigade, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 502, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Warilda, Sydney
11 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 502, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, Warneton, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 502 awm_unit: 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Group awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-07-11

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...502 Gunner Claude Leopold Bourchier, Siege Artillery Brigade of Glebe, NSW. A rubber worker prior to his enlistment on 1 July 1915 he embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Warilda on 8 November 1915. The son of Charles Leslie and Mary Catherine Bourchier of Oatley, NSW, Gnr Bourchier was killed in action on 11 July 1917 age 23 years, he is memorialised at Panel 19, Belgium 24 Coxyde Military Cemetery." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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