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Rootsweb ID: I25726 Birth Record: 10 Sept 1885 in Hd Of Mannanarie, South Australia .

Father Joseph Clapp (Senior) and Mother Louisa Clapp, living at Fair View, Petersburg, SA
(now Peterborough)

Brother:   1649 Private Charles (Charley) Clapp
               Born: 19 Mar 1891 in Hd Of Morgan, South Australia
               7/3/1916      enlisted in Adelaide, SA
               11/4/1916    embarked with Joseph onboard HMAT A60 Aeneas
                5/4/1918     returned to Australia (badly wounded in arm)
                                  embarked onboard A30 HT Borda
                30/5/1918   disembarked into Australia
                18/11/1918 discharged from service

Described on enlisting as 30yrs 5mths old; 6' tall; 163 lbs; dark complexion;
grey eyes; dark hair; Baptist.

8/2/1916      enlisted at Petersburg, SA

11/4/1916    embarked with younger brother Charles, from Port Adelaide, SA,
                   onboard HMAT A60 Aeneas
6/6/1916      embarked at Alexandria onboard Franconia
16/6/1916    disembarked into Plymouth, England

17/9/1916    marched in to 4th ADBD, Etaples, France
28/9/1916    marched out to join unit, Etaples
29/9/1916    taken on strength into 48th Battalion

2/12/1916    sick with mumps, admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance
                   transferred to 39 Casualty Clearing Station, France
6/12/1916    transferred to A Train
6/12/1916    admitted to 25th Stationary Hospital, Rouen, France
26/12/1916  transferred to Convalescent Depot
28/12/1916  discharged to Base Depot, Rouen, France
19/1/1917    rejoined 48th Battalion in the field

3/2/1917      accidental burn injury (face & hands), admitted to 12th Field Ambulance
                   transferred to 45 Casualty Clearing Station
6/2/1917      transferred to A Train
7/2/1917      admitted to 3rd Stationary Hospital, Rouen, France
12/2/1917    transferred to Convalescent Depot
13/2/1917    discharged to Base Depot
18/2/1917    marched in to 4th ADBD, Etaples, France
24/2/1917    marched out to unit
27/2/1917    rejoined 48th Battalion

11/4/1917    witness said:
                   1307 T Longbottom:
                  "in the early morning Private Joseph Clapp was in the attack on the
                    front line German trench at Bullecourt. He was close to me as we
                    advanced, I saw him hit, but we had to go on.  Ultimately we had
                    to retire and go on again, passing over the ground were Clapp fell,
                    but there was no sign of him."

                   1355 A E Blake:
                   "In the attack at Bullecourt, on 11th April, a bomb shattered Clapp's
                    leg at the ankle, in the enemys second line trench. His wound was
                    dressed, and he was placed in a dugout with other wounded.  None
                    of our wounded were brought away from there."               

11/4/1917      Later noted as:- Killed in Action
                     No known grave

Commemorated on Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.

His name is commemorated at Panel 145 at the Australian War Memorial,
Canberra, ACT.

Medals:          British War medal (36877) and Victory medal (36585)
                     Memorial Plaque and Scrol (340887)

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  8/5/2016.  Lest we forget.

Thank you to Kaye Bottrall, Jamestown, SA for her information.