PAGE, Clarence Garfield
| Service Numbers: | 1166, 2166 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1914, Broadmeadows |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brushgrove, New South Wales, Australia, March 1889 |
| Home Town: | Helensburgh, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Theological Student |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 22 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont II. H. 24., |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tamworth ANZAC Park Memorial Gates, Tamworth Methodist Church Memorial Tablet |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1166, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Broadmeadows | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1166, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1166, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2166, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2166, 3rd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 27 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2166, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2166 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-22 | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Honoured Military Medal, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, For bravery and initiative at Lone Pine (6 August 1915) in running two telephones lines across open ground under heavy artillery and machine gun fire to maintain communication with a captured position. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
The South Coast Times of 16 December 1916 published the following account of a memorial service for Lance Corporal Clarence Garfield Page MM held at Helensburgh:
“The local Presbyterian Church, Helensburgh, was crowded on Sunday night last when a memorial service in connection, with the death of Rev. C. G. Page, B. A. was held. Mr Page filled the pulpit of the church for nearly two years and was a theological student at St Andrews College, University of Sydney. He enlisted shortly after the war started and went through the Gallipoli campaign being killed near Pozieres in France last July.
Rev Mr Lowrie conducted the service, members of the local Orange lodges were in attendance in their regalia. The Town Band played selected hymns before the commencement and at the conclusion of the service in the church placed the Dead March, while the congregation stood. The Helensburg Male Voice Choir also assisted. Miss Inch officiated at the organ, suitable hymns, being sung by the congregation.
Mr. Lowrie expressed the deep sympathy all in connection with the church had for the fallen soldier' s mother and friends. Mr. Page's mother was present, having come from Tamworth. She has had three sons fighting for the Empire, two have been killed, the third is at present wounded.”
References:
Tamworth Observer, 17 January 1917
The Burrowa News, 5 January 1917
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