Gordon Herbert CLEAVER

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CLEAVER, Gordon Herbert

Service Numbers:	4161, 4161A
Enlisted:	8 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Traralgon, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Traralgon, Latrobe, Victoria
Schooling:	Tralagon State School
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 21 August 1916
Cemetery:	Courcelette British Cemetery Plot VIII, Row G, Grave No. 14
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Traralgon War Memorial

World War 1 Service

8 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4161, 7th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4161, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4161, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
21 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 4161A, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4161A awm_unit: 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-21

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Robert and Emily Cleaver, of "Gordonvale," Traralgon, Victoria, Australia.

OUR LOVED ONLY SON & BROTHER FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH

CLEAVER.—In ever loving memory of my dearly beloved nephew, Gordon Herbert Cleaver, who was killed in action, in France, on the 21st August, 1916, aged 21 years 5 weeks.
God knows how much we miss him,
He counts the tears we shed,
He whispers, hush! he only sleeps;
Your loved one is not dead.
He is always in my thoughts
'Tis sweet to speak his name,
In life I loved him dearly,
In death I do the same.
—(Inserted by his sorrowing Aunt H. Morley, Traralgon.)

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