CLUTTERBUCK, Thomas
| Service Numbers: | 91, 1342 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 May 1915, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | Bedminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, 1 January 1877 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Brisbane State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Illness- Cardiac Failure, George Hotel, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. United Kingdom, 22 May 1918, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
Leighterton Church Cemetery, Gloucestershire, England INSCRIPTION HAVE MERCY UPON HIM LORD |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Bugler, 91, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
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World War 1 Service
| 19 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 1342, Sydney | |
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| 15 Sep 1915: | Involvement Driver, 1342, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Sep 1915: | Embarked Driver, 1342, 1st Field Company Engineers, SS Makarini, Melbourne | |
| 22 May 1918: | Involvement 1342, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1342 awm_unit: Australian Flying Corps awm_rank: Warrant Officer awm_died_date: 1918-05-22 | |
| 22 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Warrant Officer, 1342, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
Boer War Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 91, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Warrant Officer, Australian Flying Corps - Service 1342.
He served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force prior to enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 19 May 1915 and embarked at Melbourne for overseas on 15 September 1915 per SS Makarini. He was 38 and the son of Sydney and Beda Clutterbuck of Bristol House, Water Street East, South Brisbane, Queensland. Husband of Annie Florence Clutterbuck of 138 Princess Street, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland.
The Brisbane Courier 3rd June 1918
Mr and Mrs S. Clutterbuck, of Water Street East, South Brisbane have received word that their youngest son, Thomas Clutterbuck, warrant officer in the Flying Corps passed away on May 31 1918. Before leaving Australia he was employed as a fitter in the Ipswich Railway Workshops. He was through the Boer War. He was with the New Zealanders at the capture of German Samoa and also at the Dardenelles and in France, where he was wounded on three occasions.
During the 1914-18 war, there were a number of Australian Flying Corps training squadrons based in the vicinity of Leighterton. This cemetery contains the graves of 23 airmen who died whilst serving with these squadrons.
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Thomas CLUTTERBUCK was born in Bedminster, Somerset, England in 1877
His parents were Andrew Sydney CLUTTERBUCK & Beda Thelia MOORE who married in England in 1867
He married Annie Florence HINSON on12th November, 1902 in Queensland -
Children born in Queensland
1. Colin Nelson b. 1905 d. 1907
2. Frank Maurice b. 1910 d. 1971
3. Doris Margaret b. 1904
4. Joyce Florence b. 1908
Thomas served in the Boer War (SN 91) in the 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry and returned to Brisbane on the Tongariro on 3rd May, 1901 and was discharged on 17th May, 1901 after serving 1 year & 57 days
He enlisted to serve in WW1 on 19th May, 1915 & embarked with the 1st Field Company Engineers, Reinforcements 8 from Melbourne on the HMAT Makarini
He died from Cardiac Failure at Nailsworth, England on 22nd May, 1918 & is buried in the Leighterton Church Cemetery
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