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Charles Matthew Duncan ST CLAIR

Regimental number29160
Place of birthGlen Innes, New South Wales
SchoolPrivate Tutors
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPrivate secretary
AddressGlen Innes, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinSister, V J H St Clair, Lambert Street, Glen Innes, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date3 July 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameHowitzer Brigade 116
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/136/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularCharles Matthew St Clair was wounded while on his way back from delivering a message to an Officer at Zelebecke Lake. Charles St Clair was spoken of as being one of the bravest and best.
FateDied of wounds 24 July 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Charles Matthew
Place of death or woundingZillebeke, near Ypres, Belgium
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XVI, Row H, Grave No. 5A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
11
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Matthew and Charlotte ST. CLAIR
Family/military connectionsCousin: Christoper St Clair (Gunner), who was killed in August 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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