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Claude Claremont PELL

Regimental number5452
Place of birthDongara Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm hand
AddressDongarra, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinSister, G Rowlands, Dongarra, Western Australia
Enlistment date10 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 17 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery
FateKilled in Action 20 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot V, Row G, Grave No. 8), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
63
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Elizabeth PELL. Native of Dongarra, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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