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Harry Frederick CLEMENTS

Regimental number2580
Date of birth12 January 1879
Place of birthKent, England
SchoolOxford, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPainter
AddressHiltonville, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary Anne Clements, Somerset Avenue, Hiltonville, South Australia
Enlistment date12 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 21 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 6 June 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Date of return incorrectly entered on Nominal Roll as 6 June 1915.
Discharge date12 August 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Contracted trench fever; invalided to Australia; discharged (medically unfit), 12 August 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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