George Stanley CLAYTON

CLAYTON, George Stanley

    Service Number: 49
    Enlisted: 7 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 3rd Machine Gun Battalion
    Born: Meadows, South Australia, Australia, 11 January 1896
    Home Town: Morphett Vale, Onkaparinga, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 14 September 1978, aged 82 years
    Cemetery: St Philip and St James Anglican Church Cemetery, Old Noarlunga, S.A.
    Cremated
    Memorials: Morphett Vale Old Reynella School Roll of Honor, Morphett Vale War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    7 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    9 Jun 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 49, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
    9 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 49, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
    4 Feb 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 49, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Armentieres, GSW left shoulder (fractured).
    14 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 49, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Near Zonnebeke, Shrapnel wound right thigh.
    18 Apr 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion
    10 May 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 49, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, HT Wahehe, Tilbury for return to Australia - arriving Adelaide 26 June 1919.
    10 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1

    World War 2 Service

    5 Apr 1942: Enlisted Adelaide, SA

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    Biography

    Medals:  1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

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