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Clarence Evendale BURR

Regimental number133
SchoolState School, Devonport, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressDevonport, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 8"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinFather, Wesley Burr, Devonport, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected on account of varicocele)
Enlistment date17 February 1916
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 10 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death24.10
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row D, Grave No. 6), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
65
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Wesley and Martha BURR, Devonport, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Admitted to 51st General Hospital, 14 October 1916; discharged to Base Details, 23 November 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 50 days.

Admitted to 39th General Hospital, 6 June 1917; discharged, 16 July 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 43 days.

Wounded in action, 9 October 1917 (fractured right femur).

Died of wounds, 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, 10 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BURR Clarence Evendale

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