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Personal data

• Name CLELAND
• Initials WR
• First name WILLIAM ROBERT
• Place of birth Carlton
• Country Victoria, Australia
• Last residence Melbourne, Victoria
• Family Son of James and Janet Cleland; Husband of Olive B. Cleland, of 124, Sydney Rd., Coburg, Victoria, Australia
• Profession Glass moulder

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 5 September 1916, Melbourne
• Service number 7109
• Rank Private
• Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 5th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 2nd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked Melbourne 23 November 1916; to France 3 May 1917

Death

• Wounded 21 September 1917
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds left arm, n°10 CCS
• Date of death 23 September 1917
• Died at the age of 34
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV - A - 3A

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