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Charles Keare CLAYTON

Regimental number51
Place of birthNewcastle New South Wales
SchoolHamilton, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngineer
AddressSwan Street, Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, John Clayton, Swan Street, Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date30 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll11 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, Transport Section
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1918
Place of death or woundingNarfus?e, Abancourt
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 19), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
116
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Martha CLAYTON, 29 Swan Stret, Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales

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