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George CLINGIN

Regimental number4300
Place of birthHillsborough, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressSouthern Cross, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation40
Next of kinMary Clingin, Camperdown, Victoria
Enlistment date5 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameNo 6 Tunnelling Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/12/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 1 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Tunnelling Company
FateDied whilst a Prisoner of War 31 October 1918
Age at death42
Place of burialSouth-Western Cemetery (Plot II, Row G, Grave No 4), Berlin, Germany
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Other details

War service: Western Front

Taken prisoner, Loos, France, 5 January 1917.

Died of pneumonia, 31 October 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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