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Clarence Hurtle McGUINNESS

Regimental number4568
Place of birthLanghorne's Creek, South Australia
SchoolNot Known
ReligionChurch of Christ
OccupationFisherman
AddressFinniss, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinWife, Mrs Miriam Violet McGuinness, Finniss, South Australia
Enlistment date2 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 September 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XI, Row J, Grave No. 3), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
120
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Susan McGUINNESS; Wife: M.V. McGUINNESS, Goolwa, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 5619 Pte Horace Victor McGUINNESS, 27Bn, killed in action, 1 March 1917; 4330 Pte Laurence Anderson McGUINNESS, 32nd Bn, returned to Australia, 10 January 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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