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Hero Clarence NORTH

Regimental number1914
Place of birthColton, South Australia
SchoolColton State School, South Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressColton, West Coast, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Rose North, Colton, West Coast, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 11 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied at 38th Casualty Clearing Station, France. Buried at Heilly Cemetery, France.
FateDied of wounds 5 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death21.6
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot V, Row F, Grave No. 12), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hero and Rosina NORTH, Newland Grange, Colton, South Ausralia
Family/military connectionsCousins: Pte Ambrose BOYLAN DCM; Pte Hero A BOYLAN, killed in action.

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