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Place of birth 4, Rose's Close, Nain
Land Scotland
Family Father Clarence Samuel (master mariner); Mother Catherine Shaw, 43 Orchard Street, Aberdeen, Scotland. Five brothers: Robert (1892)served in France and Belgium with the Australian Army , Frederick Arthur (1895)served in the Australian Army , Benjamin Clarence (1888) served with the Marchant Navy in Scotland , John McIntosh (1897) served in the Merchant Navy in Scotland and Harry (1899). Two sisters: Dora Margaret (1905) and Catherine Gwendoline (1907).
Profession Merchant Sailor Able Seaman

Place & date of enlistment Maab, Victoria, 5 October 1914
Service number 1140A
Rank Serjeant
Regiment and unit 5th Bn. Australian Infantry
Other data related to military career Enlisted 5/10/1914, Melbourne, Victoria. Served in Gallipoli 1915. Three times recommende Military Medal - 1916, Pozieres.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on 22 December 1914

Type of wounds Shrapnel wound to head, back and left side. Died of wounds at n°2 Can CCS
Died at the age of 27
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - G - 10A