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Ernest Frederick CLAYTON

Regimental number69
Place of birthTalbot, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressGreensborough, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Frederick Clayton, Greensborough, Victoria
Enlistment date4 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 29 July 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death from cemetery records21
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Amy CLAYTON, Main Street, Queensborough, Victoria. Native of Talbot, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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