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Arthur William CLAYDON

Regimental number141
Place of birthPlumstead, Kent, England
SchoolCounty Council Board School, england
Age on arrival in Australia22
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address62 Wellington Street, Petrie Terrace, Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Louisa Claydon, 83 Oxford Road, Cambridge, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 24 December 1916
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 22), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur James and Louisa CLAYDON, 83 Oxford Street, Cambridge, England. Born at Plumstead, London
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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