Norman Albert CLAYDEN

CLAYDEN, Norman Albert

Service Number: 881
Enlisted: 7 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA Exact date of promotion to Lance Corporal is unclear
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 11th Infantry Battalion
Born: Perth, Western Australia, 6 December 1892
Home Town: Pingelly, Pingelly, Western Australia
Schooling: Pingelly State School, Western Australia
Occupation: Mercantile Clerk
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave Panel 33, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Pingelly Memorial Rotunda, Wagin & District Honour Roll, Wagin War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

7 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 881, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA Exact date of promotion to Lance Corporal is unclear
2 Nov 1914: Involvement Private, 881, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914: Embarked Private, 881, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
2 May 1915: Involvement Lance Corporal, 881, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 881 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-02

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William George and Clara Clayden of 'Craigie' Kulyaling, WA. Brother of Ernest Wilfred Clayden who returned to Australia on 3 March 1919 having served with the 11th Battalion

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal