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Frederick CLAYTON

Regimental number1020
Date of birth12 June 1895
Place of birthIslington, London, England
SchoolIndustrial College, Regent's Park, London, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDairyman
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Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinBrother, George Clayton, 183 Wakefield Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Enlistment date12 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Troopship A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Regimental number from Nominal Roll5438
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 15 May 1919
Discharge date10 October 1919
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War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Wounded in action and contracted illness, Gallipoli, 2 May 1915; invalided to 1st Australian General Hospital, Lemnos; thence to Alexandria and Port Said, Egypt; thence to Keswick Military Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia.

Returned to duty, 5 February 1917.

Discharged (medically unfit), 10 October 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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