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Claude PAUL

Regimental number1598
Place of birthCollingwood, Victoria
SchoolClifton Hill State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of Christ
OccupationBoot finisher
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 10"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinMrs M Paul, 137 Keele Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date9 December 1914
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Date of fate 8th to 9th on Nominal Roll; given name Clance on NR
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialJohnstons Jolly (Special Memorial No. 14), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
51
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward adn Mary PAUL, 113 St. David Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne. Native of Collingwood, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 8 May 1915.

Reported missing, Lone Pine, 9 August 1915.

Killed in action, 8 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, PAUL Claude

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