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Pte. Clarence Cameron Stacey. Photographer unknown, photograph source Sunday Times 31.12.1916 p
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Stacey,

Clarence Cameron

Private. 11th Bn. SN 4588. Died of disease in France 16.4.1916. Age 25 years.

Helena Street, Guildford, WA

Date Enlisted 17/11/1915
Service Number SN 4588
Age of Enlistment 24 years
Place of Enlistment Blackboy Hill, WA
Place of Birth Port Augusta, SA
Previous Military Experience Nil
Occupation Farmer
Marital Status Single
Religion Methodist
School Attended Guildford State School
Address History Father - J. Stacey, Quairading, WA. Grandfather - Horace Stacey, Helena Street, Guildford, WA (Wises PO 1900)
Cause of Death or Invalided
DoD (Died of Disease)

Military History


Embarked Fremantle per HMAT ‘Miltiades’ A28 for Egypt 19.2.1916.
Roll Rank Private
Roll Unit 11th Infantry Battalion, 14th Reinf.
Stacey disembarked at Suez 10.3.1916. During his almost 3 weeks stay in Egypt, he entrained to Alexandria, joined the BEF and then embarked per HMT ‘Transylvania’ for France 29.3.1916. He disembarked at Marseilles 4.4.1916. Stacey was admitted to hospital at Etaples with Influenza 9.4.1916. He was transferred to the 26th General Hospital at Etaples with bronchi pneumonia 16.4.1916. Stacey died of illness in France 16 4.1916. He was buried in the British Military Section, Camier’s Road Cemetery, Etaples, France 16.4.1916. Stacey's remains were reinterred to the Etaples Military Cemetery, Plot 5, Row B, Grave 3a in 1922
Final Rank Private 11th Bn. AIF.
Medical Condition Deceased, died of illness.
Awards and Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Photos Pte. Clarence Cameron Stacey. Photographer unknown, photograph source Sunday Times 31.12.1916 p1
             HMAT 'Miltiades'. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM P08559.001
             Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Photographer unknown, photograph source CWGC
            


Information Source
AWM P08559.001. HMAT 'Miltiades'. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War mMemorial
AWM Embarkation Roll Clarence Cameron Stacey
CWGC. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website,   http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/56500/ETAPLES%20MILITARY%20CEMETERY
Guildford Primary School Honour Roll.
NAA: B2455, Stacey Clarence Cameron.
Roll of Honour Clarence Cameron Stacey.
Sunday TimesWest Australian Newspapers
Wise H. and Coy. Western Australian Post Office Directories. SLWA

Helena St. Guildford, WA.
Quairading, WA.

Associated Images

HMAT 'Miltiades'. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM P08559.001
HMAT 'Miltiades'. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM P08559.001
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Photographer unknown, photograph source CWGC
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Photographer unknown, photograph source CWGC