GALSWORTHY, Clarence Cyril Brooks
Service Number: | 5821 |
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Enlisted: | 26 June 1916, Sydney, N.S.W. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | South Sea, Portsmouth, England, 1889 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Station Hand |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Plot 11, Row A, Grave 3, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
26 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, N.S.W. | |
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7 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5821, 19th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
7 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5821, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Clarence Cyril Brooks GALSWORTHY was born in 1889 at South Sea, Portsmouth, England
His parents were William Brooks GALSWORTHY and Rebecca WEST
Clarence married Margaret BARRETT in 1916 in Dubbo , NSW (Barrett was her previous married name, maiden name unknown)
He enlisted on 26th June, 1916 with the Australian Army - he was with the 19th Battalion, 16th reinforcements - Unit embarked from Sydney on HMAT Ceramic on 7th October, 1916
Clarence was Killed in Action on 10th October, 1917 in Belgium - he is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium and also honoured on the Australian War Memorial and the Honour Roll in Rockdale, NSW
He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.