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Hugh Curtis CLARKSON

Regimental number34960
Place of birthHarcourt, Victoria
SchoolState School,Scotch College, Melbourne, Ormond College University, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStudent
Address1311 Mair Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, George Clarkson, 1311 Mair Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Enlistment date30 January 1917
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 27
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/128/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on 9 November 1917
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of Broncho Pneumonia at ROuen, France
FateDied of disease 4 November 1918
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block S, Plot II, Row P, Grave no. 7), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
14
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Lucy CLARKSON, 1311 Mair Street, Ballarat, Victoria. Native of Harcourt, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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