Regimental number | 6/1811 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia |
Address | c/o W Hawkins, Takaka |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Father, Walter Clarry, Eltham, Taranaki |
Previous military service | Served in the Eltham Volunteers for 3 years; discharged on leaving the district. |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 21 Willochra on |
Final rank | Sergeant |
Final unit | 1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 31 |
Place of burial | Ypres Reservoir Cemetery (Plot IX, Row F, Grave No 13), Ieper, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Walter and Annie Clarry, Napier, New Zealand. Native of Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia |
Family/military connections | Brother: 3/136 Corporal Albert Edward CLARRY, No 1 New Zealand Field Ambulance, New Zealand Medical Corps, returned to New Zealand, 12 March 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Joined unit at Gallipoli, 8 June 1915. Admitted to Casualty Clearing Station, Mudros, 22 August 1915, and transferred to Convalescent Camp; to England, 18 September 1915, and admitted to 2nd Western General Hospital, Manchester, 27 September 1915; disembarked Alexandria, 23 January 1916; rejoined Bn, Ismailia, 29 January 1916. Appointed Lance Corporal, 4 March 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 6 April 1916. Appointed Temporary Corporal, 9 August 1916. Attached to Royal Engineers, 19 October 1916. Appointed Temporary Lance Sergeant, 25 December 1916. Rejoined Bn, 18 February 1917. Admitted to 5th Australian Divisional Rest Station, 12 October 1917 (shell wound, right arm); rejoined unit, 25 October 1917. Killed in action, Belgium, 3 December 1917. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Fourth |
Sources | Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805 |