CLEMENT, Sydney Reynold
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Marlow on the Thames, England, 4 March 1873 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Reserve Army Officer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Gallipoli, 26 April 1915, aged 42 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 1, Row F, Grave 9 Headstone inscription reads: Greatly loved |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, Promoted prior to embarking | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 26 Apr 1915: | Involvement Captain, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1915-04-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Arrived in Australia aged 38 years
Address at the time of enlistment was 28 Jolimont Terrace, Melbourne, Victoria
Son of Reynold Clement and Mrs Clement of Ascot, Berkshire, England.
Husband of Gladys Mary Dorothy Clement of 31 Stow Park Avenue, Newport, Monmouthshire, England. Father of Eric Reynold Clement, David Sydney Clement
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
He had previously served in the East Lancashire Regiment and saw service in the Boer War
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Captain Sydney Raynold Clement (missing) is an English officer (on the retired list). Being in Melbourne when the war broke out, he offered his services to the Commonwealth. He was appointed to the 5th Battalion as lieutenant, and received promotion to a captaincy in Egypt. At Broadmeadows he was a thoroughly popu lar officer, his company paying him the unusual compliment of presenting him with a pair of fieldglasses. For some time he was engaged as transport officer on the flagship Orvieto. During the voyage to Egypt it fell to his lot to take over the officer prisoners from the Emden. Captain Clement saw service in South Africa with the Mounted Infantry. He is married, his wife and two young children residing at Ascot (England).
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