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Personal data

• Name CHEGWIDDEN
• Initials CH
• First name CLAUDE HARMON
• Place of birth Birdsville
• Country Queensland, Australia
• Family Son of Harmon Jacob Spershott and Dorothy Ann Millicent Chegwidden, Merredin; a sister, Irene Mary; three brothers, St Clair, Joseph and Harmon;
• Profession Blacksmith

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Blackboy Hill, West-Australia, 10 November 1915
• Service number 7149
• Rank Sapper
• Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 1st Field Coy. Australian Engineers
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked at Sydney on 31 March 1916; to France June 1916

Death

• Wounded 28 September, near Polygon Wood
• Type of wounds Died of bomb wounds in n°10 CCS
• Date of death 30 September 1917
• Died at the age of 24
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXV - AA - 17

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