POWER, Clement Luke
| Service Number: | 2141 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 April 1916, Irish rifles |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 17 October 1878 |
| Home Town: | Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Islington, New South Wales, Australia, 13 July 1948, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-49. 149. |
| Memorials: | Hamilton Newcastle District Tramways Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2141, 34th Infantry Battalion, Irish rifles | |
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| 17 May 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2141, 34th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), GSW both hands | |
| 27 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2141, 34th Infantry Battalion, GSW to wrist | |
| 13 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2141, 34th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, GSW left hand and right heel, severe | |
| 18 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2141, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD due to wounding | |
| 27 Jun 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 95 Date: 27 June 1918 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 2141, 34th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served bravely and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
73 years ago today, on the Wednesday of the 14th July 1948, Private Clement Luke Power (M.M.), 34th Battalion (Reg No-2141), also known as Dump, tramway employee from 3 Shedden Street, Islington, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 69. CATHOLIC 2-49. 149.
Born at East Maitland, New South Wales on the 17th October 1878 to Michael John and Margaret McManus Power: husband of Sarah Power nee McCarthy (married 1921, Adamstown, N.S.W., died 1945? - ANGLICAN 3-168. 56), Clement enlisted April 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action 17.5.1917 (GSW both hands), 25.7.1917 (GSW wrist), 21.10.1917 (GSW left hand and right heel, severe) and it was reported that Clement was wounded 2nd occasion.
Awarded Military Medal 28.1.1918.
Clement returned home April 1918, being discharged medically unfit (premature senility) on the 18th May 1918.
Mr. Power’s name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial, Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour and the Newcastle District Tramway Employees Roll of Honor. Name not inscribed on the NSW Govt Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour, 1914-1919.
There is no indication inscribed on Clement’s headstone of his service with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label in remembrance of his bravery and sacrifice for God, King and Country.
Older brother Francis Gregory (1st Australian Pioneer Battalion, Reg No-3168, born 1877? died 1944, Port Macquarie, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.
Lest We Forget.
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