CLARE, Clarence Malcolm
| Service Number: | 136 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coolgardie, Western Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Printers Machinist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cottesloe State School WW1 Honour Board, Fremantle 849 Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 136, 44th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 136, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 136, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle | |
| 29 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 136, 44th Infantry Battalion, France : GSW (severe) left hand |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Clarence was the youngest of four children of William (Billy) Edward Clare (b1862 in Lancashire, England) and Lavinia Wood (b1864 in Yorkshire, England). Billy (a Printer - Compositor) and Lavinia (a Wool Drawer - part of spinning process) married in 1884 in Cheshire. By 1890 they had arrived in Melbourne, Victoria with two children and in 1892 the family moved to Coolgardie, WA. Billy tried prospecting for gold before establishing the Coolgardie Miner newspaper and by 1903 the family was living in Fremantle WA where Billy was a Journalist. The family moved to Bunbury where Billy was a Journalist from 1906 to 1910 before returning to Fremantle.
Clarence was working as a Printer's Machinist in Cottelsoe when he enlisted in the AIF in January 1916, joining brother Alfred in the 44th Infantry Battalion. Clarence was a Private (Service No:136) and was WiA in France in June 1917 (GSW left hand). In August 1918 Clarence was KiA in France and 'Buried about 1,200 yards South of Hamel, 2,000 yards NNW of Cemetery 'Warfusee' (National Archives Australia). Clarence's identity disc was the sole personal effect returned to his parents.