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Richard CLEMENTS

Regimental number2057
Place of birthZeehan, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationOrchardist
AddressNone
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinSister, M Clements, Address Unknown
Enlistment date5 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 17 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Machine Gun Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 5 February 1915 - 15 Battalion 5th Reinforcement; taken on strength 15 Battalion 13 July 1915; Lcpl 1 October 1915; transferred to 4 Machine Gun Company 9 March 1916.
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death19
Place of burialSerre Road Cemetery No. 2 (Plot XXX, Row C, Grave No. 11), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
177
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Town. Zeehan, Tasmania

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