CHAUNCY, Clement Lamothe
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1915, Warwick Farm, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 3 April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Crown St. Public School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Solicitor |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 2 April 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Pozières British Cemetery Plot II, Row D, Grave 42 |
| Memorials: | Yeoval NSW Solicitors in WWI Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 56th Infantry Battalion, Warwick Farm, NSW | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 27 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-04-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Clement Lamothe CHAUNCY was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales on 3rd April, 1893
His parents were Frederick Lamothe CHAUNCY and Martha Lucy GIBB who married in Cootamundra in 1888
He enlisted in Warwick Farm, Sydney on 17th August, 1915 and embarked as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 56th Infantry Battalion, 6th reinforcements from Sydney on the HMAT Ceramic on 7th October, 1916
He died of wounds at the 5th Field Ambulance in France on 2nd April, 1917 and is buried in the Pozieres British Cemetery - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
IN MEMORY
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