Claude Arthur BOONE

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BOONE, Claude Arthur

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	18 July 1915
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	54th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia, 6 July 1885
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 2
Memorials:	Cremorne St Peter's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll, Mosman Rowing Club Great War Roll of Honour, Mosman St. Clements Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honour, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

18 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 2nd Infantry Battalion
9 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
9 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John Westcott and Margaret Connell BOONE, 'Eddystone', Bertha Road, Watersleigh, New South Wales

DEATH IS NOT DEATH TO HIM BUT GLORIOUS GAIN

The relatives of Second Lieutenant Claude Arthur Boone, of Mosman, have receiveda notification that he was killed in France. Prior to enlisting he was capatain of the Mosman Rowing Club, and was well known in the metropolis in that branch of sport.

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