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MASON, Roy St Clair
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4848 |
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Enlisted: | 27 October 1915, Enlisted at Ross, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Ellendale, Tasmania, Australia, 1895 |
Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Glenora State School, Tasmania, Australia |
Occupation: | Letter carrier |
Died: | Killed in Action, Menin Road, Belgium, 19 September 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Panel 17, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
27 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4848, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ross, Tasmania | |
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18 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4848, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
18 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4848, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
24 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion, Reverted back to Private on the 23 August 1916 | |
15 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4848, 12th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Lagnicourt | |
19 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4848, 12th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, Killed in action 19-20 September 1917 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William John Mason and Henrietta Cornelia Charlotte Mason of 89 Elizabeth Street, Hobart, Tasmania. Brother of Olga Phyllis Mason
Previously served in the cadets.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal