Edgar Boyd CLOUSTON

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Service Number:	6222
Enlisted:	5 January 1916, Lithgow, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	4th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 21 September 1895
Home Town:	Glebe, New South Wales
Schooling:	Fort Street Boys High & Grammar School
Occupation:	Schoolmaster and University Student
Died:	Died of Wounds, Zonnebeke, Poperinghe, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIII.A.2
Memorials:	Ashfield Presbyterian Church Great War Memorial Window, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

5 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6222, Lithgow, New South Wales
1 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant
31 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
31 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
30 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Machine Gun Company, Boyd was promoted to Lieutenant in the field during the Battle of Messines.
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Machine Gun Company, Polygon Wood, While in Supports, examining an old three compartment dug-out Lieutenant Clouston was hit with German shells. He was taken by Field Ambulance to 10th Clearing Station at Zonnebeke but died there at 10.30 p.m. from his extensive wounds. He had partially lost a leg amongst other injuries.
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Machine Gun Company, Polygon Wood, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 4th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-09-26

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Edgar Boyd CLOUSTON was born in Glebe, Sydney on 21st September, 1895

His parents were Thomas Edward CLOUSTON & Mary Eliza McKAUGHAN