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Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Clouten, Leslie Service Number 2421
Killed in Action 5th April 1918 Villers Bretonneux, France
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children
using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context
provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF.
This resource is presented by Gosford City Council
for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources
contained within remains with the original copyright owners.
NAME Clouten, Leslie
SERVICE NO 2421
UNIT 35th Battalion
RANK Private
AGE at Enlistment 20 yrs 7 mths
PLACE OF BIRTH Dora Creek, NSW
ADDRESS Toronto, NSW
OCCUPATION Fisherman
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 29 Jun 1916
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Newcastle, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE 16th Infantry
NEXT OF KIN Father;- W J Clouten, Boat builder Toronto, NSW
3 Apr 1918 Wyong, NSW
Mother;- Mrs Jane Coulton
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’ 4”. Weight-. Chest - 32½-35½”. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Brown. Scar over L/Eye Brow. Small Scar left ankle.
RELIGION Methodist
EMBARKED Sydney 17 Oct 1916 per “Borda”
DISEMBARKED Plymouth 9 Jan 1917
NOTES
WOUNDED/ILLNESS Wounded 7 Jun 1917 GSW Abdomen ret England via S Africa Abbeville. Rejoined unit 18 Dec 1917
Wounded 3 Apr 1918 but would not leave
DIED KIA 5 Apr 1918- Villers Bretonneux.
BURIED Buried in Cemetery near the Railway Station Villers Bretonneux
Re-interred Adelaide Brit Cem, Villers Bretonneux Plot 3 Row K Gve 11
MEDALS British War Medal-48482, Victory Medal-48892. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-343507
DEPENDANTS
PERSONAL EFFECTS Letters, Cards, YMCA Wallet, 1 Note Book, 2 Letters, Razor, 2 Photos.
WILL
CORRESPONDENCE Red Cross Letter from Mable Berrill (London)
REMARKS
RED CROSS REPORT about 3pm with 19 others by Shell fire hitting billet at Villers Bretonneux/ other report says hit by gun fire.
GOSFORD TIMES 2.5.1918.
Private Clouten, one time resident of Wyong, has been wounded for the second time in France.
GOSFORD TIMES. 9.5.1918.
Private L Clouten, late of Wyong, previously listed as wounded, is now reported to have been killed in
action.
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3260918