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Edgar John CLOUGH

Regimental number7463
Place of birthEaglehawk, Victoria
SchoolEaglehawk State School and Bendigo High School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationPostal official
Address281 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs. E. M. Clough, 281 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date21 March 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 25th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on 10 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 2 September 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Fate incorrectly entered on Nominal roll as Returned to Australia.
Place of death or woundingMont St Quentin, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 13), France
Commemoration details101
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Alice Clough; husband of Eva May Clough, 7 Bucknell Street, Newtown, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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