Regimental number | 3039 |
Place of birth | Brighton, Victoria |
School | State School, Hawksburn; All Saints Grammar School and Hassetts College, Prahran, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 8.5" |
Weight | 133 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, J H Cameron, 56 Oban Street, Hawksburn, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 18 months in the Senior Cadets; 2 years in the 49th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Acting Corporal |
Unit name | 21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/38/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 60th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Fleurbaix, France |
Age at death | 21 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 19), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 169 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Fritzina CAMERON. Native of Brighton, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916. Reverted to the ranks from Lance Corporal, 5 March 1916. Appointed Lance Corporal, Ferry Post, 13 April 1916. Promoted Corporal, Duntroon Plateau, 5 June 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Reported Missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Note on Red Cross File No 671101: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-1919.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CAMERON Claude Branscombe Vaughan
Red Cross File No 671101 |