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Clarence Percival DOWN

Regimental number5580
Place of birthScotsdale, Tasmania
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Address42 Market Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinWife, Mrs Louisa Ada Nellie Down, 42 Market Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets.
Enlistment date20 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateDied of disease 23 May 1917
Place of death or woundingGermany
Age at death36.9
Place of burialHem-Lenglet Communal Cemetery , France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Town. South Melbourne, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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