Charles John CLAYTON

CLAYTON, Charles John

    Service Number: 850
    Enlisted: 27 March 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 60th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Yarram, Wellington, Victoria
    Schooling: State School Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kolora Honour Roll, Terang 100th Centenary of Armistice Remembering Our Fallen, Terang War Memorial, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Yarram WW1 War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 850, Depot Battalion (AIF), Melbourne, Victoria
    8 May 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 850, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    30 Aug 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 850, 24th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for M.E.F Gallipoli per H.M.T. "Nile"
    7 Sep 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 850, 24th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Gallipoli, Turkey
    7 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 850, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    10 Jan 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 850, 24th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt -- Gallipoli Evacuation ex H.M.T. "Unknown"
    13 Jan 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 850, 24th Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- Hospital -- Sick -- Tel El Kebir, Egypt
    21 Jan 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 850, 24th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- No 2. Australian General Hospital -- Pneumonia (Dangerously Ill) -- Ghezireh, Egypt
    22 Jan 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 850, 24th Infantry Battalion, Update -- Off dangerously ill list -- Ghezireh, Egypt
    15 Feb 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 850, 24th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- No 3. Australian Auxiliary Hospital -- Pneumonia -- Heliopolis, Egypt
    12 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 850, 24th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- Convalescent Hospital -- Ras el Tin, Egypt
    5 Apr 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 850, Overseas Base (AIF - Egypt), Discharged to Duty -- Ras el Tin, Egypt
    20 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from Overseas Base -- Duntroon Plateau, Egypt
    18 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 850, 60th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Kinfauns Castle"
    29 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 850, 60th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 850, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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