Claude GEDYE

Regimental number6841A
Place of birthFinley, New South Wales
SchoolHassetts Coaching College, Prahran, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPlumber
AddressYarra Glen, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, L Gedye, Grand Hotel, Yarra Glen, Victoria
Enlistment date1 August 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 21 November 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 8 July 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialCrouy British Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 3), Crouy-Sur-Somme, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
99
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Leonard and Mary GEDYE, Arcadia, Victoria. Native of Finley, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal