Claude Arthur BOONE

BOONE, Claude Arthur

    Service Number: Officer
    Enlisted: 4 August 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
    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, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916, aged 31 years
    Cemetery: Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys
    Plot I. Row C. Grave 2. Inscription: DEATH IS NOT DEATH TO HIM BUT GLORIOUS GAIN
    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
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    World War 1 Service

    4 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, Liverpool, New South Wales
    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
    1 May 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Suez, Egypt
    15 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Training Battalion (AIF), T.O.S. from 2nd Infantry Battalion
    20 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 14th Training Battalion (AIF), T.O.S. from 1st Training Battalion
    27 May 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 14th Training Battalion (AIF), Marched out -- 54th Infantry Battalion -- Ismailia
    30 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 54th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 14th Training Battalion
    19 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 54th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Caledonian"
    29 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 54th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action
    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 Daryl Jones

    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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