PERRY, Claude Mellnotte
Service Number: | 1635 |
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Enlisted: | 31 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Ammunition Column |
Born: | Jeparit, Victoria, 2 July 1898 |
Home Town: | St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
Schooling: | East Adelaide Public School & Norwood High School |
Occupation: | Electrician |
Died: | Killed in Action, Paschendaele, Belgium, 9 October 1917, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Norwood Primary School Honour Board, St Peters Heroes War Memorial, St. Peters Baptist Church Memorial Building and Plaques, St. Peters Church Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
31 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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18 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
16 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 1635, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
9 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 1635, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, Third Ypres |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born 02 July 1898 in Jeparit, Victoria
Father Winfred Genders PERRY and Mother Eva PERRY,
Claude lived with parents at 22 Wheaton Road, St Peters, SA on enlisting.
Previous service:
4 years Senior Cadets 79 Battalion (transferred to exempt area)
Next of kin in service:
Cousins
520 Corporal Raymond Vernon BALDOCK (b. Dec. 1893 in Kaniva, VIC)
Father Alfred Baldock and Mother Lousia Baldock,
Raymond lived with his parents at Jeparit, VIC on enlisting
19/08/1914 Raymond enlisted at Dimboola, VIC - 20 years 8 months of age
19/10/1914 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A24 Benalla
as a Private with 8th Infantry, B Company
05/04/1915 embarked onboard Clan McGillivray from Alexandria, Egypt
to join the Gallipoli campaign
20/09/1917 killed in action, Belgium
Buried in: vicinty south of Polygon Wood, north-west of Birr Cross Roads
03/02/1922 A special cross was erected over Raymond's grave
at Birr Cross Road Cemetery, Belgium
Special Memorial #5
His name is commemorated on Panel 52 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
2739 Private Perry William LOGAN (b. 26/10/1885 in Mount Gambier, SA)
Father Frederick LOGAN (b. 06/10/1857 Meadows SA - d. 1921) and
Mother Maria (nee BALDOCK - b. 21/08/1857 Mount Charles, Charleston, SA)
08/07/1915 enlisted in Melbourne, VIC - 27 years 9 months of age
05/10/1915 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard RMS Moldavia
as a Private with 21st Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
05/10/1918 killed in Action - France
21/07/1926: Tincourt New British Cemetery, France
Plot X (10), Row C, Grave 18
His name is commemorated on Panel 94 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
Claude was described on enlisting as 18 years 2 months of age; single; 5' 8.5" tall;
132 lbs; fair complexion; hazel eyes; brown hair; Baptist
31/08/1915 enlisted in Adelaide, SA
appointed to Base Infantry, Exhibition Camp
18/11/1915 embarked from Outer Harbour onboard HMAT A2 Geelong
as a Private with 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement
01/03/1916 embarked Heliopolis with 1st Light Horse Regiment
21/04/1916 transferred to 5th Division Artillery, Moascar
mustered Gunner, Ferry Post East
15/05/1916 posted to No. 1 Section, Ferry Post
16/05/1916 appointed a Driver with 5th Division Artillery, Ferry Post
18/06/1916 proceeded overseas to join British Expeditionary Forces, onboard Kinfaunscastle
ex Alexandria
29/06/1916 disembarked into Marseilles, France
28/10/1916 sick to hospital - tonsilitis - admitted to 2nd NZ Field Ambulance
transferred to hospital train
29/10/1916 admitted to 1st Casualty Clearing Station
transferred to 6th Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, France
01/11/1916 admitted to No.1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, France
02/11/1916 discharged fit to Base
07/11/1916 to 5th Division Artillery, in the field, Etaples, France
14/07/1917 on leave to England
26/07/1917 rejoined unit in France
09/10/1917 killed in action - in the field - 19 years 3 months of age
No known grave
His name is commemorated at:
- Panel 7 on the The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
- Panel 21 on the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
Medals: 1914/15 Star (3663); British War medal (25954), Victory medal (25775)
Memorial Plaque and Scroll (334174)
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 12/01/2017. Lest we forget.
Biography
"No. 1635, Driver CLAUDE M. PERRY, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, and late of 12th Reinforcements, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, only son of Mr and Mrs W.G. Perry, of 22, Wheaton-road, St. Peters, was killed in action on October 9. He was born in Jeparit, Victoria, on July 2, 1898, and afterwards went with his parents to Rochester, Victoria, coming to Adelaide when nearly five years of age. He received his education at East Adelaide Public School, and afterwards at Norwood District High School, for three years. He studied for electrical engineering, and not being able to get employment in that business on account of the war he secured a position in D. & W. Murray's. He enlisted on August 26, 1915, and embarked on November 18. He spent six months in Egypt, and went to France in June, 1916. He had his furlough from July 14 till July 24 of this year, which he spent with relatives in Tulse Hill, and visited Scotland. He was an active member of St. Peters Baptist Church." - from the Adelaide Advertiser 12 Nov 1917 (nla.gov.au)
On his AWM Circular for the Roll of Honour (static.awm.gov.au) his mother Eva wrote that Sergeant F. P. Green (who Claude served under... for 1½ years) had said of Claude;
"He always showed commendable readiness and zeal in the discharge of his duties, wonderful powers of personal control and faultless conduct. At any time day or night, raining or storming, and under circumstances of considerable difficulty, Claude, willingly and cheerfully executed his arduous task with great determination and skill."