Clarence Timbrell COLLIER

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COLLIER, Clarence Timbrell

Service Numbers:	570, Officer
Enlisted:	16 August 1914
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Geurie, New South Wales, Australia, 24 August 1891
Home Town:	Roseville, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling:	Fort Street Boys High School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Solicitor
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 20 July 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Geurie Honour Roll, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll, Yeoval NSW Solicitors in WWI Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

16 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 570, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps
18 Aug 1914:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 570, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Termination of period of engagement. 206 Days service.
19 Aug 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 570, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 570, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
26 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, Sydney, New South Wales
20 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
2 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 53rd Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 18th Infantry Battalion
19 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Royal George"
28 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Thomas Timbrell and Sarah Jane COLLIER, Percy Street, Wellington.

LIEUTENANT COLLIER. M. Thos. Collier, of Roseville, has been notified by the Defence Department that his son, Lieutenant Clarence Collier, has been wounded in France. Lieutenant Collier, who is a Sydney solicitor. was a member of the first expeditionary force that went to Rabaul. After returning to Sydney he re-enlisted, and passing through the olficers’ school, left for Egypt with his battalion of which the late Lieutenant-Colonel Norris was commanding officer.

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