Claud Clarence (aka John Montague SMITH) GUY

GUY, Claud Clarence (aka John Montague SMITH)

    Service Number: 20873
    Enlisted: 25 November 1915, Place of enlistment - Brisbane, Queensland
    Last Rank: Gunner
    Last Unit: 8th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: England, 1884
    Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
    Occupation: Motor Mechanic
    Died: Died of gunshot wounds, France, 23 July 1917
    Cemetery: Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais
    Plot I, Row T, Grave 32 Headstone Inscription "ETERNAL HONOUR GIVE HAIL AND FAREWELL"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

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    World War 1 Service

    25 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 20873, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , Place of enlistment - Brisbane, Queensland
    11 May 1916: Embarked Gunner, 20873, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , Embarked on HMAT 'A8' Argyllshire from Sydney on 11th May 1916, disembarking Devonport, England on 10th July 1916.
    30 Nov 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 20873, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , Proceeded overseas to France from Southampton on 30th December 1916.
    14 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column
    30 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 8th Field Artillery Brigade
    22 Jul 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Sustained multiple gunshot wounds in action, succumbing to wounds on 23rd July 1917.

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