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CLAYTON, Ernest Frederick

Service Number:	69
Enlisted:	4 March 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Talbot, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Greensborough, Banyule, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 29 July 1917
Cemetery:	Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Greensborough RSL Sub Branch Memorial Wall, Greensborough War Memorial

World War 1 Service

4 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 69, 39th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 69, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 69, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 69, 39th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines
29 Jul 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 69, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 69 awm_unit: 39th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-07-29
29 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 69, 39th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Multiple SW to scalp, left leg, foot and abdomen sustained while in the line near Messines. Evacuated to Field Ambulance however died in transit.

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