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Charles Octavius BARCLAY

Regimental number834
Place of birthSouth Shields, England
Other NamesOctavious
Other trainingNil
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMerbein, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ethel Lily Barclay, Merbein, Victoria
Enlistment date11 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll11 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name38th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/55/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 20 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll38th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 June 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death18 June 1918
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery, ({Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
129
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Hannah Barclay, husband of E.L. Barclay, Merbein, Victoria, Australia. Native of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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