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CLINTON, Richard Gilbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2126 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 March 1915, Kyneton, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Taradale, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Taradale, Mount Alexander, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Somme, France, 22 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barfold Great European War Honour Roll, Taradale War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
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World War 1 Service
| 4 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2126, 6th Infantry Battalion, Kyneton, Vic. | |
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| 17 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2126, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2126, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2126, 6th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 17 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 15 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2126, 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 28 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Attached to 15th Light Trench Mortar Battery and serving with it when killed in action 22 November 1916. named in unit diary as being killed after enemy shelling of lines. | |
| 22 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2126, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2126 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-22 |
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