ACKROYD, Claude Ernest
| Service Number: | 323 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 March 1916, Claremont |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glenlusk, Glenorchy , Tasmania, Australia, 1 January 1896 |
| Home Town: | Glenlusk, Glenorchy, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not known |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, Belgium, 8 October 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXI, Row B, Grave 3, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 323, 40th Infantry Battalion, Claremont | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 323, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 323, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart | |
| 8 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 323, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Claude Ernest ACKROYD was born on 1st January 1896 in Glenlusk, Tasmania
His parents were John ACKROYD & Margaret PAYNTER
He enlisted on 18th March, 1916 and embarked with the 40th Infantry Battalion on the ship HMAT Berrima from Hobart on 1st July, 1916
He suffered shell shock on 3rd January, 1917 and was gassed on 7th June 1917 & wounded again on 5th October, 1917
Claude died on 8th October, 1917 during the 3rd Battle of Ypres and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and he has a memorial plaque on the family grave
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal
His brother Frank ACKROYD (SN 7452) served in WW1 in the 12th Infantry Battalion and returned to Australia in 1919
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Mercury , Hobart 8th October, 1918 page 1
IN MEMORIAM
Died on Active Service
ACKROYD - In loving memory of Private Claude Ernest Ackroyd, died of wounds received on October 8, 1917 aged 21 years
"He sleeps beside his comrades, in hallowed grave unknown
But his name is written in letter of gold, on the hearts of those he left at home
His loving smile and kindly face, are pleasant to recall
He had a kindly word for each, and died beloved by all"
Inserted by his loving Father & Mother, Sisters & Brothers & brother Frank (on active service)
ACKROYD.
"Somewhere in France hs is lying, he answered Australias call
He died an Australian hero, it's the grandest death of all.
He sleeps not in his native land, but under foreign skies
Far from home and loved ones, in a heroes grave he lies"
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