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Clarence Henry COMPTON

Regimental number1011
Place of birthFremantle, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressGreen Point, Gosforth, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation40
Next of kinMrs C H Crompton, 4 Ventnor Avenue, Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date25 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name2nd Light Horse Brigade Train
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A39 Port Macquarie on 21 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Light Horse Regiment
FateSuicide 03-4 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records43
Place of burialCase War Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row B, Grave No. 5), Palestine
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
4
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Elizabeth COMPTON; Wife: Mary COMPTON, 117 Townshend Road, Subiaco, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsNephew: 961 Pte George Charles FOWLER, 11th Bn, killed in action, 21 May 1915.

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