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Claude Hamilton LE QUESNE

Regimental number560
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWarehouseman
Address'Waipa', 6 St Elmo Street, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Winter John Le Quesne, 'Waipa', 6 St Elmo Street, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military service5th ASC
Enlistment date24 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 5, Reinforcement 9
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/10/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 6 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 October 1917
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXVII, Row C, Grave No. 20), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
178
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Winter adn Jane LE QUESNE, "Waipa", St. Elmo Street, Mosman, New South Wales. Native of Dubbo, New South Wales

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