David BARCLAY

BARCLAY, David

Service Number: 801
Enlisted: 4 December 1914, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1887
Home Town: Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling: Hutchins School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation: Bank clerk
Died: Killed In Action, Egypt, 4 August 1916
Cemetery: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
(Row B, Grave No. 40)
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Tasmanian Amateur Athletics Association
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World War 1 Service

4 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 801, Claremont, Tasmania
2 Feb 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 801, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Hessen embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 801, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, SS Hessen, Melbourne
9 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 801, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
4 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 801, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Romani

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...801 Trooper David Barclay, 3rd Light Horse Regiment from Hobart, Tasmania. A 27 year old clerk prior to enlisting on 4 December 1914, he embarked for overseas with the 2nd Reinforcements from Melbourne on 2 February 1915 aboard HMAT Hessen. After serving with the regiment at Gallipoli, he continued to serve in the Sinai in Egypt where we was killed in action at the Battle of Romani on 4 August 1916. Trooper Barclay is buried in the Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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