Ernest CLAYTON

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CLAYTON, Ernest

Service Number:	409
Enlisted:	9 March 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Albany, Western Australia, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Albany, Albany, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	butcher
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 6 June 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Memorials:	Albany & Districts Roll of Honor, Albany & Districts Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

9 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 409, 28th Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 409, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 409, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
24 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 409, 28th Infantry Battalion, arrived in Malta from hospital ship 'Boudan' suffering from heart trouble
1 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 409, 28th Infantry Battalion, left Malta per hospital shop 'Lanfrano'; arrived at and was admitted to 1st Auxillary Hospital, Cairo on 5 February
10 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 409, 28th Infantry Battalion, returned to Australia 28 February 1919

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Biography contributed by Cherilyn McMeekin

Ernest was the son of George and Henrietta CLAYTON (nee PROSSER) and the 9th of 10 children born to them. All but the youngest, who was stillborn, survived to adulthood.

Three of his brothers also enlisted in WWI: Henry (Harry), Lewis, and Wallace. Ernest enlisted at age 18, a week after his brother Wallace. Sadly, Wallace didn't make it home, dying in Pozieres, France in 1916 aged 23. The news of Wallace's death came soon after the death of his mother Henrietta, aged 60.

Ernest married in 1921 to Dorothy 'Doll' WHITE in Harvey WA. They had 4 children. He died in 1974 aged 77.

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