Parents..... William Edward and Mary Jane Clout, of George St., Windsor, New South Wales.
Regimental number 4965
School Windsor Public School, New South Wales
Religion Church of England
Occupation Machinist
Address Catherine Street, Windsor, New South Wales
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 18
Next of kin Mother, Mrs M J Clout, Catherine Street, Windsor, New South Wales
Enlistment date 29 November 1915
Place of enlistment Casula, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 4th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916, France
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 169, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Taken on strength, 56th Bn, Ferry Post, 20 April 1916.
Transferred to 60th Bn, Ferry Post, and taken on strength, 18 May 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Statement, 2347 Corporal O. EASTMAN, 59th Bn (patient, No 7 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples), 23 March 1917: 'He went over with me in the July 19th. stunt, about 5.30 p.m. in the afternoon. About 50 yards over, a shell exploded amongst us, and blew Clout literally to pieces. He was only two yards from me at the time.'
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regimental number 4965
School Windsor Public School, New South Wales
Religion Church of England
Occupation Machinist
Address Catherine Street, Windsor, New South Wales
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 18
Next of kin Mother, Mrs M J Clout, Catherine Street, Windsor, New South Wales
Enlistment date 29 November 1915
Place of enlistment Casula, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 4th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916, France
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 169, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Taken on strength, 56th Bn, Ferry Post, 20 April 1916.
Transferred to 60th Bn, Ferry Post, and taken on strength, 18 May 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Statement, 2347 Corporal O. EASTMAN, 59th Bn (patient, No 7 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples), 23 March 1917: 'He went over with me in the July 19th. stunt, about 5.30 p.m. in the afternoon. About 50 yards over, a shell exploded amongst us, and blew Clout literally to pieces. He was only two yards from me at the time.'
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents..... William Edward and Mary Jane Clout, of George St., Windsor, New South Wales.
Regimental number 4965
School Windsor Public School, New South Wales
Religion Church of England
Occupation Machinist
Address Catherine Street, Windsor, New South Wales
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 18
Next of kin Mother, Mrs M J Clout, Catherine Street, Windsor, New South Wales
Enlistment date 29 November 1915
Place of enlistment Casula, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 4th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916, France
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 169, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Taken on strength, 56th Bn, Ferry Post, 20 April 1916.
Transferred to 60th Bn, Ferry Post, and taken on strength, 18 May 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Statement, 2347 Corporal O. EASTMAN, 59th Bn (patient, No 7 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples), 23 March 1917: 'He went over with me in the July 19th. stunt, about 5.30 p.m. in the afternoon. About 50 yards over, a shell exploded amongst us, and blew Clout literally to pieces. He was only two yards from me at the time.'
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regimental number 4965
School Windsor Public School, New South Wales
Religion Church of England
Occupation Machinist
Address Catherine Street, Windsor, New South Wales
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 18
Next of kin Mother, Mrs M J Clout, Catherine Street, Windsor, New South Wales
Enlistment date 29 November 1915
Place of enlistment Casula, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 4th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916, France
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number 169, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Taken on strength, 56th Bn, Ferry Post, 20 April 1916.
Transferred to 60th Bn, Ferry Post, and taken on strength, 18 May 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Statement, 2347 Corporal O. EASTMAN, 59th Bn (patient, No 7 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples), 23 March 1917: 'He went over with me in the July 19th. stunt, about 5.30 p.m. in the afternoon. About 50 yards over, a shell exploded amongst us, and blew Clout literally to pieces. He was only two yards from me at the time.'
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Inscription
"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"
Gravesite Details
"The fortune of war, has denied this known and honoured, ANZAC, Leslie Walter Francis Clout, burial given to his comrades in death."
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