Ebenezer David CLEMENT

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CLEMENT, Ebenezer David

Service Number:	1686
Enlisted:	28 May 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 28 June 1898
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Glass bottle gatherer
Died:	Toxaemia ( blood poisoning), At sea (HS Devanha), 9 November 1915, aged 17 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

28 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1686, 20th Infantry Battalion
19 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1686, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
19 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1686, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
5 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

Private Ebenezer David Clement. 1686. was a boy soldier being only 17years 5 months old at time of death. His family epitaph in a paper for him was, RESPECTED BY, ALL WHO KNEW HIM. His younger brother Gunner Arthur William Clement. 1430. 10th Field Artillery Brigade was born on the 6/4/1900 and enlisted as a 15 year old on the 3/8/1915. He served with his unit at the front for 16 months and was then sent home and discharged on the 22/3/1918 for being underage.

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