Clive Vincent HESSION

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Service Number:	5109
Enlisted:	15 January 1916, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Windsor, New South Wales, 1899
Home Town:	Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

15 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5109, Sydney, New South Wales
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5109, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5109, 2nd Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Sydney
3 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion
7 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5109, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5109 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-07

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Clive saw action in 1917 at the battles of (2nd) Bullecourt, Menin Road, Polygon Wood and Broodseide.

Clive was killed in action aged 17 years 11 months old on 07 Oct 1917.

His epitaph reads:

SWEET JESUS, HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL.

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