Claude Otto STRACHEY

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STRACHEY, Claude Otto

Service Numbers:	1430, 1294, 1430, 1294
Enlisted:	3 December 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Christchurch, New Zealand, 1889
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Waitaki Boys High School, Oamaru, New Zealand
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 15, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

3 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1430, 1294, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1430, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1430, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney
2 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1294, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1294 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-02

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Claude Mainwaring Strachey and Emily C. M. Strachey of 148 Worcester Street, Christchurch, NZ

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Brother 39115 Rifleman Richard Clive Strachey 1st Battalion 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade killed in action 4 August 1917 age 21. Son of Claude M. and Emily C. M. Strachey, of Christchurch. MESSINES RIDGE (N.Z.) MEMORIAL.

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