CLEMENTS, Joseph
| Service Numbers: | 496,, 496 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 December 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, England, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Temora, Temora Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds - shell wounds to the head and chest, Tigne Hosptial, Malta, 13 September 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Pieta Military Cemetery Plot B, Row X, Grave 1 Rev. M.A. Farren officiated, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 496,, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 13 Jun 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 496, 12th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Jun 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 496, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Transferred from the 12th Light Horse Regiment to the 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 3 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 496,, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wounds to the chest and head plus a compounded fracture of the Tibia and admitted to NZHS Maheno to be invalided to Malta | |
| 13 Sep 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 496, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 496 awm_unit: 6 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-09-13 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Arrived in Australia aged 24 years
Son of William Clements of Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, England
Address on enlistment was c/- of John McLennan of 'Pine Grove', Temora, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Bedford Yeomanry, (Territorial Force) for 4 years
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Arrived in Australia aged 24 years
Son of William Clements of Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, England
Address on enlistment was c/- of John McLennan of 'Pine Grove', Temora, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Bedford Yeomanry, (Territorial Force) for 4 years