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Alfred CLOUSTON

Regimental number1888
Place of birthStromness, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia4
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
AddressPaddington, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Clouston, Cochrane Street, Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date31 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name47th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/64/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of wounds.
FateDied of wounds 9 June 1917
Age at death37
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, grave No. 186), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
143
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Robertson and Jane Laughton CLOUSTON. Native of Stromness, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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