CLOUTING, Frederick Herbert
| Service Number: | 6307 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 February 1915, Derby, WA |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Brigade Train |
| Born: | Thetford, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Narrogin, Narrogin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 3 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No Known Grave., Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Feb 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Driver, 6307, Derby, WA | |
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| 22 May 1915: | Involvement Driver, 6307, 6th Infantry Brigade Train, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 22 May 1915: | Embarked Driver, 6307, 6th Infantry Brigade Train, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
| 24 Sep 1916: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal | |
| 3 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 6307, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6307 awm_unit: 16th Australian Army Service Corps Company awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-11-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Sergeant, Service Number 6307. 16th Company, Australian Army Service Corps.
He was 34 and the son of Grace Clouting (née Clark) of "Carlyon," Granville Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, and the late John Revett Clouting.
Births Mar 1883
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He is commemorated on the Kippington War Memorial In Kent and also commemorated on the Australian National War Memorial. Panel 181.
At the time of the 1891 census, the Clouting family resided at 3, Willis Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Head of the house was 41 year old Newmarket, Suffolk native, Grace Clouting who the census enumerator recorded as living on her own means. Frederick was employed as a Stockman at the time of his enlistment in the Australian army at Derby, Kimberly, Western Australia on 15 February 1915, at which time he named his mother residing at the above address as his next of kin. Initially Frederick was posted as a Private to the No.9 Depot Company, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia, to carry out his basic army training. On 22 May 1915, as a Driver serving in the 16th Company, Australian Army Service Corps, 6 Infantry Brigade Train, Frederick embarked at Melbourne on board the Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (London) requisitioned 11,999 ton Australian troopship, H.M.A.T. Afric (A19). This ship was subsequently torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on 12 February 1917.
On 16 March 1916, Frederick was appointed a Lance Corporal, and on 26 April 1916 he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. During the 1916 Battle of the Somme, on 24 September 1916, Frederick was recommended for the award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal by the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Australian Divisional Train. The D.C.M. recommendation reads as follows:-“Conducting trucks from Sausage Valley to Chalk Pit and K Dump. (Pozières) day and night under shellfire, and setting an example of courage and devotion to duty to the men under him. He also worked extremely hard in evacuating the wounded. On 29 September 1916, Frederick went on leave to the United Kingdom, and re-joined his unit on 10 October 1916. On 13 November 1916, Frederick was admitted to the 5th Field Ambulance suffering from Neurasthenia, which is described as being:-“A psychological disorder characterized by chronic fatigue and weakness, loss of memory, and generalized aches and pains, formerly thought to result from exhaustion of the nervous system. No longer in scientific use.”
From the 5th Field Ambulance, he was moved to the 36th Casualty Clearing Station, and transferred to Ambulance Train, being admitted to the 12th General Hospital at Rouen on 15 November 1916. After receiving treatment at Rouen, Frederick was evacuated back to England from the French port of Le Havre on board the Hospital Ship H.S. Gloucester Castle on 27 November 1916. In England, Frederick received treatment at a number of specialist medical facilities and also went on leave. Via Southampton, Frederick proceeded overseas on 19 September 1917, and eventually re-joined his unit on 4 September 1917.
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