Sydney George CLEMENT

Regimental number10/977
Date of birth7 February 1892
Place of birthNorth Canterbury
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationTraveller
Address672 Gladstone Road, Gisborne
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 10"
Weight145 lbs
Next of kinFather, Rev George Clement, Parsonage, Elles Road, Invercargill
Previous military serviceServed in C Company, South Canterbury Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date14 August 1914
Place of enlistmentGisborne
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unit9th (Hawke's Bay) Company, Wellington Infantry Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel 19), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Elizabeth Agnes Clement, Ings Avenue, St Clair, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Lemnos, 14 June 1915 (bronchitis); transferred to 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, 3 July 1915 (bronchitis: slight); discharged ro NZ Base Depot, Mustapha, 16 July 1915; embarked Alexandria, 28 July 1915; rejoined Bn, Gallipoli, 3 August 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead at the Dardanelles, 8.8.15.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21895179

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