Regimental number | 4166 |
Place of birth | Port Melbourne, Victoria |
School | State School, Port Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Warehouseman |
Address | Wellwood, 6 Sullivan Road, Rose Bay, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Height | 5' 9" |
Weight | 143 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs E Clapperton, Wellwood, 6 Sullivan Road, Rose Bay New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served for 2 years as Lance Corporal, 5th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Warwick Farm, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 1st Battalion, 13th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/18/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 54th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Fleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles) |
Age at death | 27 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 10), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 158 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and mary CLAPPERTON, husband of E. CLAPPERTON, "Lumeah", Wolesley Crescent, pit. Piper, South Australia. Native of Melbourne |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Allotted to and proceeded to 54th Bn from 1st Training Bn, Zeitoun, 16 February 1916; joined 54th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted missing, 19/20 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19/20 July 1916'. Statement, Red Cross File No 731008, 4321 Pte T. THORPE, B Company, 54th Bn (patient, 26th General Hospital, Etaples), 4 December 1916: 'They [CLAPPERTON and 4182 Pte J. DEVOS, 54th Bn] were killed at Fleurbaix on July 19th. Pte. G. Higley, VIII Pl, B. Co. who was their mate saw the casualties and could give all details of them. Both men were killed before they reached the German barbed wire.' Second statement, 4321 Pte T. THORPE, B Company, 54th Bn, 11 June 1917: 'He was killed on the 19th July at Fleurbaix by a shell. He was close by me at the time. Casualty was not buried.' Note on file: 'No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-19.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CLAPPERTON George
Red Cross file 731008 |