KLUTSCH, Anton
| Service Numbers: | 22201, V357724 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 March 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Albert Park, Victoria, 29 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Sandringham, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cellarman, Carlton & United Breweries |
| Died: | Sandringham, Victoria, 19 March 1964, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 22201, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 22201, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Mar 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V357724, 4th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Released from service 15 May 1944 | |
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| 19 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V357724 |
Summary of Anton's Service
Studio Photo of Anton Klutsch (taken in Paris, January 1919) held by his grandson, Douglas Booth (Copyright owner). Anton was born in Albert Park, Victoria on 29 October 1891, the son of Edward John & Isabella Jane KLUTSCH of 32 Berry Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria. Leaving his work as a Cellarman at Carlton & United Brewery, Carlton, Victoria he enlisted on 26 November 1915 in the 23 Howitzer Brigade, 108 Battery at Maribyrnong, Victoria. Anton embarked for Plymouth, England from Melbourne on board HMAT Medic on 20 May 1916. After a period in the Field Ambulance Brigade there, Anton (aka Tone) was deployed to France where he served in the 3rd Division, Artillery Corps. He returned home per the Friedrichsruh on 1 September 1919 and was discharged on 17 October 1919. He married and had three daughters, each of whose husbands served in World War II.
Anton also served in World War II in the Volunteer Defence Force. He passed away at home at 49 Vincent Street, Sandringham on 19 March 1964.
Courtesy of Douglas E Booth,
douglas.booth@alumni.unimelb.edu.au
Submitted 20 June 2016 by Douglas Booth
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