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JONES, Clarence William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 100 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lawrence, New South Wales, Australia, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Tullymorgan, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 11 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dorrigo War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 100, 33rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 100, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 100, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 8 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 100, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, Clarrie received a GSW - this could have meant a gunshot wound or shrapnel wound and was most probably from enemy artillery fire - to the head on 8 June 1917. He was evacuated from the Messines area to a Casualty Clearing Station just south of the border with France where he died on 11 June 1917. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Greg Towner
From my research:
Clarrie's parents were early settlers on the Clarence River. They married in Grafton 0n 2 July 1865 and lived at Lawrence, Tullymorgan and Illarwill. When he enlisted in Armidale at the age of 36 Clarrie was living at Dorrigo and probably working as a farm labourer. His medical records indicate he had lost two fingers off his right hand. His father John had been a cane cutter on the Clarence and Clarrie may well have been similarly employed.
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