CLANCY, Michael Edward
| Service Number: | 63944 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1917, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, 20 November 1898 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Warehouseman |
| Died: | Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 13 March 1985, aged 86 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 63944, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 5 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 63944, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 63944, Army Medical Corps (AIF), RMS Orontes, Sydney | |
| 29 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 63944, Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
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Private Michael Edward Clancy
Michael Edward Clancy was brought into this world on 1884 as a Roman Catholic. There is little written about his mother, but his father was P.J Clancy, born and raised in Norwood, South Australia. Clancy remained in Norwood and lived there for most of his life, growing up literally, to the height of 5ft 8inches and working as a warehouseman.
On the 29th of May 1917, at the age of 18 Michael decided to enlist in the Australian Army Medical Core and was sent into the First World War, unmarried, on the 5 of May 1917. The first step of his travel to the great war was to leave for Sydney on the RMS Orontes with the service number of 63944. After the outbreak of the war the ship initially remained on the UK-Australia service, used to ferry troops to Europe. The Orontes is not listed as one of the 74 ships taken over by the Australian Government for use as troopships during the war. It is, however, on a list of a further 39 Royal Mail vessels that were chartered by the Commonwealth on an occasional basis for that purpose.
In October 1916 ORONTES was converted to a troopship and began her war service with two further voyages from Britain to Australia, and then spent a lot of time on the Africa run.
Michael Clancy was a member of the Australian Army Medical Corps. Michael Edward Clancy, possibly through both luck and his experience in so many battles, survived the war and came back and continued his life back in Norwood in Adelaide and lived until he died of natural causes. He is buried in Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia, Australia. Personally I believe that Michael shows ANZAC spirt with many things.
Referencing
· https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/projects/15197/edit
· https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1932026
https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=52881
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