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Clarence Lancelot UPTON

Regimental number2010
Place of birthParkes, New South Wales
SchoolWollongong District Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationElectrician
Address4 Victoria Road, Marickville, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Amelia Matilda Upton, 4 Victoria Road, Marickville, New South Wales
Previous military service35th Infantry; Served in the Militia.
Enlistment date19 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name53rd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/70/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on 23 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 September 1918
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialPerronne Communal Extension Cemetery (Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 8) France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
158
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Robert and Amelia Matilda UPTON, "Carberry", South Avenue, Hurlstone Park, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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