HEAZLEWOOD, Clarence Charles
Service Number: | QX8085 |
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Enlisted: | 26 May 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/7th Field Company (Squadron) RAE |
Born: | Springfield, Tasmania, 19 January 1910 |
Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 7 April 1941, aged 31 years |
Cemetery: |
Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya Coll grave 7 F 2-4, Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Darnah province, Libya |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Scottsdale Heazlewood Memorial Plaque |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sapper, QX8085, 2nd/7th Field Company (Squadron) RAE | |
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26 May 1940: | Enlisted | |
26 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX8085, Rockhampton, Qld. | |
7 Apr 1941: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Arthur John and Marion Selina Heazlewood, of Springfield, Tasmania, Australia.
HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. ALWAYS REMEMBERED
Sapper Clarence Charles Heazlewood, who was previously reported missing, has been killed in action. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs S. M. Heazlewood, Heatherleigh, via Scottsdale, Tasmania. Sapper Heazlewood enlisted at Mackay and sailed for overseas in November, 1940.
Known as Jim he was born 19th Jan 1910 at nurse Heazlewood's hospital 7th son to Arthur John and Marion Selina (Tulloch) Heazlewood of Hatherleigh Farm, Springfield 5km south of Scottsdsale, Tasmania Joined in Mackay Nth Queensland on 26th May 1940 Killed in action at Elgazahalla Nth Libya 7th April Buried at Elpiete 8th April 1941 Reburied at Acroma, Cyrenaica War Cemetery January 1953