PAGE, Claude Valentine le Bousorie
| Service Number: | 1822 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 May 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Leichhardt War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1822, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1822, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 4 May 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 1822, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1822 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-05-04 |
SERGEANT CLAUDE VALENTINE PAGE
Service No. 1822 - 2nd Battalion, 4th Reinforcements.
Born 1895 at Warialda, NSW, son of Henry J Page & Mary Ann Walsh. A Motor Mechanic, married, age 19 years, living at 56 Henry St, Leichardt, Sydney, enlisted on the 5th of February 1915 at Liverpool NSW.
Embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Argyllshire on 10 April 1915. Served with the 2nd Battalion, 4th Reinforcements at Gallipoli and France.
Claude was one of the last fifteen men to leave Gallipoli after the evacuation.
Sergeant Page was killed in action on 4 May 1917 at the 2nd Battle of Bullecourt, France.
He was survived by his wife Dorothy Mary Page nee Horan, who later married William McCann of Griffith. Claude’s memorial details are at Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. His name is located at panel thirty-four in the Commonwealth Area at the Australian War Memorial.
My Uncle in law.
Noni Brown
Submitted 7 July 2023 by Noni Brown
Biography contributed by VWM Australia
Enlisted and served as PAGE, Claude