John Henry CLANCY

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CLANCY, John Henry

Service Number:	327
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, Randwick, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 13 May 1888
Home Town:	Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Mount Morgan Convent School
Occupation:	Mine farrier
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 May 1915, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 11
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 327, Randwick, New South Wales
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 327, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 327, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
1 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 327, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

'CENTRAL QUEENSLANDERS.

KILLED, WOUNDED, OR MISSING.

Private John Henry Clancy, who was killed in action, was the second son of Mr. R. P. Clancy, Byrnes's Parade, Mount Morgan. He was educated at the Mount Morgan Convent School, and was for some years in the employ of the Mount Morgan Gold-mining Company. For the last few years he had resided in Sydney, and he enlisted with the Fourth Infantry Battalion in New South Wales. He was twenty-seven years of age, and unmarried.' from The Capricornian 12 Jun 1915 (nla.gov.au)

'IN MEMORIAM.

CLANCY.— In loving memory of Private John Henry Clancy, killed in action at Gallipoli, 1st May, 1915.

R.I.P.

(Inserted by his sorrowing father, sister, and brothers).' from Morning Bulletin 1 May 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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